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| Born |
(1972-07-12)12 July 1972 Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
18 June 2020(2020-06-18) (aged 47) Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–0000 | KSI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0000–1989 | KSI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1996 | UTE-Office & Home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2001 | INA Assitalia Roma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Pro Recco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Domino-BHSE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | → Sliema (Summer League) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2012 | Pro Recco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–2008 |
 Hungary | 384 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2012 | Hungary (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | UVSE-Hunguest Hotels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tibor Benedek (12 July 1972 – 18 June 2020) was a Hungarian professional water polo player and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. Benedek also competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed 6th and 4th, respectively.
Benedek was the head coach of Hungary men's national water polo team between 2013 and 2016.
Benedek was named Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year in 1992, 1993 and 1994. He made his debut for the national side in 1990. His father, Miklós Benedek, is an actor.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest water polo players of all time, Benedek ranks second on the all-time scoring list in Olympic history, with 65 goals. He was the joint top goalscorer at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, with 22 goals, and the top goalscorer at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, with 19 goals. Benedek is the ninth player to compete in water polo at five Olympics, and one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo. In 2016, he was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Tibor Benedek died on 18 June 2020 due to pancreatic cancer. His death was announced by the Hungarian Water Polo Federation.
Honours
As player
National
- Olympic Games:
Gold medal – 2000, 2004, 2008 - World Championships:
Gold medal – 2003; 
Silver medal – 1998, 2007; 
Bronze medal – 1991 - European Championship:
Gold medal – 1997; 
Silver medal – 1993, 1995; 
Bronze medal – 2001, 2003, 2008 - FINA World League:
Gold medal – 2003, 2004; 
Silver medal – 2007; 
Bronze medal – 2002 - FINA World Cup: Gold medal – 1995; Silver medal – 1993, 2002; Bronze medal – 1997
384 present in the national team of Hungary
- Junior World Championships: (Bronze medal – 1991)
- Junior European Championship: (Bronze medal – 1990)
- Youth European Championship: (Gold medal – 1989)
Club
Újpest (UTE-Primavera, UTE-Office & Home)
- Hungarian Championship (4x): 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
- Hungarian Cup (2x): 1990–91, 1992–93
- European Cup (1x): 1993–94
- LEN Cup (1x): 1992–93
- LEN Super Cup (1x): 1994
Racing Roma (INA Assitalia Roma)
Italian Championship (1x): 1998–99- LEN Cup Winners' Cup runners-up: 1996–97
Pro Recco
- Italian Championship (1x): 2001–02
- LEN Euroleague (1x): 2002–03
Bp. Honvéd (Domino-BHSE)
- Hungarian Championship (3x): 2004–05, 2005–06
- Hungarian Cup (1x): 2006
- Hungarian Super Cup (1x): 2005
Pro Recco (Ferla Pro Recco)
- Italian Championship (5x): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
Italian Cup (4x): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11- LEN Champions League (3x): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12
- LEN Super Cup (3x): 2007, 2008, 2010
- Adriatic League (1x): 2011–12
As head coach
Hungary (2013–2016)
- World Championships: Gold medal – 2013
- European Championship: Silver medal – 2014; Bronze medal – 2016
- FINA World League: Silver medal – 2013, 2014
- FINA World Cup: Silver medal – 2014
Awards
- Total-waterpolo magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year's2000–20" award
- Member of the Best Team of the Year's in the World by total-waterpolo 2000–20
- Masterly youth athlete: 1991
- Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002
- Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008
- Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2008)
- Hungarian head coach of the Year: 2013
- Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2016)
- Orders
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004)
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary with the Star (2008)
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See also
- Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
- List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tibor Benedek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- "Vízilabda: kiválasztották az új kapitányt, itt a Benedek-utód!". nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- Curcic, Ivan (18 June 2020). "Tibor Benedek passed away". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo.
- ^ "Tibor Benedek (HUN)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- "Legendary Water Polo Player and Coach Tibor Benedek Dies at Age 47". Hungary Today. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "Maggie Steffens and Tibor Benedek are the Best Water Polo Players of the 21st Century". total-waterpolo.com.
- "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
External links
- Tibor Benedek at World Aquatics
- Tibor Benedek at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Tibor Benedek at Olympics.com
- Tibor Benedek at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
- Tibor Benedek at Olympedia
- Tibor Benedek at kataca.hu (in Hungarian)
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- 1972 births
- 2020 deaths
- Water polo players from Budapest
- Hungarian male water polo players
- Water polo drivers
- Left-handed water polo players
- Water polo players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary in water polo
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Hungarian water polo coaches
- Hungary men's national water polo team coaches
- Water polo coaches at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Hungary
- 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
- 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen