Tamás Märcz

Tamás Märcz (born 17 July 1974) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2]He was the head coach of Hungary men's national water polo team between 1 January 2017 and 18 July 2022.[3]

Tamás Märcz
Personal information
Born (1974-07-17) 17 July 1974 (age 49)
Budapest, Hungary[1]
NationalityHungarian, Italian
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
PositionDriver
HandednessRight
Club information
Current teamHungary (head coach)
Youth career
KSI
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
0000–1993
KSI
1993–2000
BVSC-Brendon
2000–2005
Savona
2005–2006
Chiavari
2006–2007
Brendon-Fenstherm-ZF-Eger
2007–2008
Nervi
2008–2009
Pro Recco
2009
Sirens (Summer League)
2009–2012
Acquachiara
National team
YearsTeam
1995–2001
 Hungary
2012
 Italy
Teams coached
2013–2017
MKB-Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló
2014–2015
Hungary women's (assistant)
2017–2022
Hungary
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyTeam competition
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place1999 SydneyTeam competition
Representing  Hungary (as head coach)
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam competition
Silver medal – second place2017 BudapestTeam Competition
Gold medal – first place2018 Berlin
Silver medal – second place2018 Budapest
Gold medal – first place2020 Budapest
Gold medal – first place2019 Zagreb

He has played in the Italian Water polo Serie A and has played in Malta with Sirens, winning a knockout title.

Honours

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National

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Club

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European competitions:

Domestic competitions:

  • Hungarian Championship (OB I): 4x (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 – with BVSC)
  • Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 2x (1995, 2000 – with BVSC)
  • Italian Championship (Serie A1): 2x (2005 – with Savona; 2009 – with Pro Recco)
  • Italian Cup: 1x (2009 – with Pro Recco)

Awards

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  • Member of the Hungarian team of the year: 1997, 1999, 2000
  • Széchenyi-medallion (2000)
  • Csanádi-díj: 2001
Orders

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bulcsú Székely". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tamás Märcz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Vízilabda: kiválasztották az új kapitányt, itt a Benedek-utód!". nemzetisport.hu. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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