Zoltán Szécsi

Zoltán Szécsi (born 22 December 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics,[2] 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]He is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo.[4] He made his international debut for the men's national team in 1998. He is currently living in Eger.

Zoltán Szécsi
Personal information
Born (1977-12-22) 22 December 1977
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Nickname Szecska
Nationality Hungarian
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Eger (president)
Youth career
BVSC
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–2004
BVSC-Brendon
2004–2005
Brendon-ZF-Eger
2005–2006
Betonút-FTC
2006–2007
Camogli
2007–2013
ZF-Eger
2013–2017
Kaposvár
National team
Years Team
1998–2012
 Hungary
Teams coached
2015–2017
Kaposvár
2018–
ZF-Eger (president)

Honours

National

Club

  • Hungarian Championship (OB I): 6x (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 - with BVSC; 2011, 2013 - with Eger)
  • Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (2000, 2003 - with BVSC; 2007, 2008 - with Eger)

Awards

  • Masterly youth athlete: 1997
  • Silver Széchenyi-medallion (2000)
  • Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008
  • Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2004
  • Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2008)
  • Honorary Citizen of Eger (2008)
  • Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
  • Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2015)
Orders

See also

References

  1. Zoltán Szécsi. sports-reference.com
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zoltán Szécsi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. "Water Polo/Olympic Games". allcompetitions.com. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  4. "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  5. "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
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