Dániel Varga Explained

Dániel Rudolf Varga (born 25 September 1983) is a Hungarian water polo coach. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.^[2]

He is the older brother of Dénes Varga, they were teammates on the Hungarian national team from 2004-2016.

Honours

National

• Olympic Games: gold medal – 2008
• World Championships: gold medal – 2013; silver medal – 2005, 2007
• European Championship: silver medal – 2006, 2014; bronze medal – 2008, 2012, 2016
• FINA World League: silver medal – 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014
• FINA World Cup: silver medal – 2014

278 present in the national team of Hungary.

• Junior World Championships: (silver medal – 2003)
• Junior European Championship: (silver medal – 2002)
• Youth European Championship: (gold medal – 2001; bronze medal – 1999)

Club

• Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): (2002 – with Vasas)
• LEN Euro Cup Winners (2): (2017, 2018 – with FTC)
• Adriatic League: 2x (2013, 2014 – with Primorje)
• Hungarian Championship (OB I): 7x (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 – with Vasas; 2015, 2016 – with Szolnok; 2018 – with Ferencváros)
• Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 5x (2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 – with Vasas; 2014 – with Szolnok)
• Croatian Championship (Prva HVL): 1x (2014 – with Primorje)
• Croatian Cup (Kup Hrvatske): 2x (2012, 2013 – with Primorje)

Awards

• Szalay Iván-díj (2000)
• Faragó Tamás-díj (Best junior player of year): (2001)
• MVP of the Youth European Championship: 2001
• MVP of the Junior European Championship: 2002
• Vasas
• All-Star Team of the World Championship: 2007
• Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2007, 2013
• All-Star Team of the Olympic Games: 2008
• Junior Príma díj (2008)
• Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2008, 2013
• Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)

Orders

• Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2008)^[3]

See also

• Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417153622/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/daniel-varga-1.html Dániel Varga
2. Web site: Dániel Varga Biography and Olympic Results. Sports Reference. 29 January 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121022221008/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/daniel-varga-1.html. 22 October 2012.
3. Web site: Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben. Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. 27 January 2012. hu. dead. https://archive.today/20120805012200/http://www.mob.hu/engine.aspx?page=showcontent&content=parlamenti_kituntetesek. 5 August 2012.