Tibor Benedek

The native form of this personal name is Benedek Tibor. This article uses the Western name order.

Tibor Benedek
Medal record

Men's water polo
Competitor for Hungary
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Team
	2004 Athens	Team
	2008 Beijing	Team
World Championships
	2003 Barcelona	Team
	1998 Perth	Team
	2007 Melbourne	Team
	1991 Perth	Team
European Championship
	1997 Sevilla	Team
	1993 Sheffield	Team
	1995 Vienna	Team
	2006 Belgrade	Team
	2014 Budapest	Team
	2001 Budapest	Team
	2003 Kranj	Team
	2008 Málaga	Team
FINA World Cup
	1995 Atlanta	Team
	1993 Athens	Team
	2002 Belgrade	Team
	1997 Athens	Team

Tibor Benedek (born 12 July 1972 in Budapest) is a retired Hungarian water polo player, who played in the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. Benedek also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team was placed 4th. He was a member of team Domino-Honvéd.

Benedek is currently the head coach of Hungary men's national water polo team since 2013.

Benedek was named Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year in 1992, 1993 and 1994. He made his debut for the national side in 1990. His father, Miklós Benedek, is a famous actor.

Honours

As of 20 May 2015

Player

National team

Olympic Games: 5 times present at the Olympic Games

2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing

World Championships:

European Championship:

1997 Sevilla
1993 Sheffield, 1995 Vienna, 2006 Belgrade
2001 Budapest, 2003 Kranj, 2008 Málaga

FINA World Cup:

1995 Atlanta; 1993 Athens, 2002 Belgrade; 1997 Athens

FINA World League:

2003 New York, 2004 Long Beach; 2002 Patras

384 present in the national team of Hungary

Club

Újpest - As player of UTE (1989–1996)

OB I: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
Magyar Kupa: 1990–91, 1992–93
Szuperkupa:
- European Cup: 1993–94
- LEN Cup: 1992–93
- LEN Super Cup: 1994

Roma - As player of Ina Assitalia Roma (1996–2001)

Serie A1: 1998–99

Honvéd - As player of Honvéd Domino (2004–2007)

OB I: 2004–05, 2005–06
Magyar Kupa: 2006

Pro Recco - As player of Pro Recco (2001–2004 and 2007–2012)

Serie A1: 2001–02 / 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
- Euroleague: 2002–03 / 2007–08
- LEN Super Cup: 2003 / 2008, 2010, 2012

Individual

Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002

Head coach

National team

Hungary

References

(Hungarian) Profile
(English) "Tibor Benedek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

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