Attila Vári

The native form of this personal name is Vári Attila. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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.

Attila Vári
Personal information
Born	(1976-02-26) 26 February 1976 (age 47) 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 2000 Sydney Team competition 2004 Athens Team competition World Championships 2003 Barcelona Team competition 2005 Montréal Team competition FINA World Cup 1999 Sydney Team competition 2002 Belgrade Team competition

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

• Olympic Games:   gold medal – 2000, 2004
• World Championships:   gold medal – 2003;   silver medal – 1998, 2005
• European Championship:   gold medal – 1997, 1999;   bronze medal – 2001, 2003
• FINA World League:   gold medal – 2003, 2004;   silver medal – 2005;   bronze medal – 2002
• FINA World Cup:   gold medal – 1999;   silver medal – 2002;   bronze medal – 1997
• Universiade: (silver medal – 1995)
• Junior World Championships: (gold medal – 1995)
• Junior European Championship: (gold medal – 1994)

Club

• Euroleague Winners (1): (2004 – with Bp. Honvéd)
• Cup Winners' Cup Winners (2): (1995, 2002 – with Vasas)
• LEN Super Cup Winner (1): (2004 – with Bp. Honvéd)

• 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

•   Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)
•   Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004)

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

References

1. . sports-reference.com
2. (in Hungarian). kataca.hu. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

External links

• Attila Vári at the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian) 
• Attila Vári at Olympics.com 
• Attila Vári at Olympedia 
• Attila Vári at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)