Péter Biros

Péter Biros (born 5 April 1976 in Miskolc) is a Hungarian water polo player,[2] who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics,[3] 2004 Summer Olympics[4] and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo.[5] He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]

Péter Biros
Biros in 2007
Personal information
Born (1976-04-05) 5 April 1976
Miskolc, Hungary[1]
Nickname Fácán
Nationality Hungarian
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 12 in)
Position Driver
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Eger women's (head coach)
Youth career
Miskolci VSC
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–1995
Miskolci VSC
1995–1997
ÚVMK Eger
1997–1999
UTE-Taxi 2000
1999–2000
Primorje Rijeka
2000–2001
NIS Naftagas-Bečej
2001–2007
Domino-BHSE
2007–2016
ZF-Eger
2013
San Giljan (Summer League)
2014–2015
Neptunes (Summer League)
National team
Years Team
1997–2012
 Hungary
Teams coached
2016–
ZF-Eger women's

He is nicknamed Fácán, meaning 'pheasant', and made his debut for the national side in 1997, during an international tournament in Seville, Spain. He's 1.94m tall and weighs 94 kg.

After the 2008 Olympics final, Biros revealed that he performed the entire tournament with a cyst by his heart, something that was unknown to the entire team and coaches alike. He insisted that he played with the consent of his doctors, and received a Fair Play award afterwards for it.[7][8] He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Hungary at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, becoming the 22nd water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[9]

Honours

National

Club

  • Hungarian Championship (OB I): 8x (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 - with Bp. Honvéd; 2011, 2013, 2014 - with Eger)
  • Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (2006 - with Bp. Honvéd; 2007, 2008, 2015 - with Eger)
  • Hungarian SuperCup (Szuperkupa): 1x (2005 - with Bp. Honvéd)
  • Yugoslavian Championship: 1x (2001 - with Bečej)
  • Yugoslavian Cup: 1x (2001 - with Bečej)

Individual

Awards

  • Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008
  • Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011
  • Honorary Citizen of Eger (2008)
  • Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2008)
  • Best European player of year (LEN): 2008
  • Best Water Polo Player of the Year (Swimming World): 2009
  • UNESCO Fair Play Award (2009)
  • Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
  • Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2015)
Orders

See also

References

  1. Péter Biros. sports-reference.com
  2. "Péter Biros". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  3. "Hungary Water Polo at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  4. "Hungary Water Polo at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  5. "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-04-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Kozmann és Biros fair play-díjat kapott (Kozmann and Biros received Fair Play award)" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  8. "Prize-winners". International Fair Play Committee. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  9. Hungary. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  10. "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
Awards
Preceded by
Tamás Kásás
Most Valuable Player of
Water Polo European Championship

2008
Succeeded by
Vanja Udovičić
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Zoltán Kammerer
Flagbearer for  Hungary
London 2012
Succeeded by
Áron Szilágyi
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