István Gergely

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

István Gergely (Hungarian: Gergely István; born 20 August 1976 in Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak–Hungarian water polo player. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Hungary national team at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He also represented Slovakia national team at the 2000 Olympics.^[2]

István Gergely
Personal information
Born	(1976-08-20) 20 August 1976 (age 46) Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia^[1]
Nationality	Hungarian, Slovakia
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	Bp. Honvéd (president)
Youth career
	KVP Komárno
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1994	KVP Komárno
1994–1997	Slávia UK Bratislava
1997–1999	NCHZ Nováky
1999–2000	Cagliari
2000–2002	CN Terrassa
2002–2014	RacioNet Honvéd
National team
Years	Team	Apps
1993–2002	Slovakia	130
2002–2011	Hungary
Teams coached
2013–2016	Hungary (goalkeeping)
2017–	Bp. Honvéd (president)
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team competition 2008 Beijing Team competition World Championships 2003 Barcelona Team competition 2005 Montréal Team competition

Honours

National

• Olympic Games:
  •   gold medal – 2004, 2008
• World Championships:
  •   gold medal – 2003
  •   silver medal – 2005
• FINA World League:
  •   gold medal – 2003, 2004
  •   silver medal – 2005

Club

• Euroleague champion: 2004 (Budapesti Honvéd SE)
• LEN Super Cup winner: 2004 (Budapesti Honvéd SE)

• Hungarian championship (OB I): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (Budapesti Honvéd SE)
• Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 2006, 2010 (Budapesti Honvéd SE)

Awards

• Member of the Hungarian team of the year: 2003, 2004, 2008

Orders

•   Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004)
•   Commander'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 men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

1. . sports-reference.com
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
3. "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

External links

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