Attila Vári
Personal information
Born (1976-02-26) 26 February 1976
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Nickname Doki
Nationality Hungarian
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Position Centre back
Handedness Right
Youth career
1987–0000
 KSI
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–1994
 KSI
1994–2002
 Vasas-Plaket
2002–2009
 Domino-Honvéd
2009–2011
 PVSK-Füszért
National team
Years Team
1995–2006
  Hungary
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Barcelona Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2005 Montréal Team competition
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sydney Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2002 Belgrade Team competition

Attila Vári (born 26 February 1976 in Budapest), nicknamed Doki, is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Vári began his athletic career with modern pentathlon but later switched to water polo. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1997.[2]

Attila's back hand shot from ten meters in the 2000 Olympic finals against Russia was probably the most unexpected and spectacular goal anyone ever scored in an Olympic final game in water polo.

Vári was elected into the presidium of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) in May 2017. He was elected President of the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (MVLSZ) in September 2018, replacing Dénes Kemény. The ruling party Fidesz–KDNP nominated Vári as their candidate for the position of Mayor of Pécs in the 2019 Hungarian local elections, but was defeated by the opposition's joint candidate Attila Péterffy.

Honours

National

Club

  • Hungarian Championship (OB I): 4x (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 – with Bp. Honvéd)
  • Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (1996 (1), 1997, 2001, 2002 – with Vasas)
  • Hungarian SuperCup (Szuperkupa): 1x (2001 – with Vasas)

Awards

  • Masterly youth athlete: 1995
  • Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004
  • Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2000
  • Csanádi-díj: 2001
Orders

See also

References

  1. ↑ Attila Vári. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ "Vári Attila a kataca.hu oldalán" (in Hungarian). kataca.hu. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
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