Attila Vári (born 26 February 1976 in

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d ''Doki'', is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the

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and

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. Vári began his athletic career with

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but later switched to water polo. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1997. 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

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(MOB) in May 2017. He was elected President of the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (MVLSZ) in September 2018, replacing

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. The ruling party Fidesz–KDNP nominated Vári as their candidate for the position of Mayor of

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in the

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, but was defeated by the opposition's joint candidate

Attila Péterffy Attila Péterffy (born February 26, 1969) is a Hungarian politician and mechanical engineer. In the 2019 Hungarian local elections, he was elected as the Mayor of Pécs Pécs ( , ; ; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Päťkostolie''; also known by ...

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National

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: gold medal –

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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: gold medal –

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

; silver medal – 1998, 2005 *

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: gold medal –

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

; bronze medal – 2001, 2003 * FINA World League: gold medal –

; silver medal – 2005; bronze medal – 2002 * FINA World Cup: gold medal –

; silver medal – 2002; bronze medal – 1997 *

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: (silver medal – 1995) * Junior World Championships: (gold medal – 1995) * Junior European Championship: (gold medal – 1994)

Club

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Winners (1): (2004 – with Bp. Honvéd) *

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Winners (2): (1995, 2002 – with Vasas) *

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Winner (1): (2004 – with Bp. Honvéd) * Hungarian Championship ( OB I): 4x (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 – with Bp. Honvéd) * Hungarian Cup (

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): 4x (1996 (1), 1997, 2001, 2002 – with Vasas) * Hungarian SuperCup (

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): 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)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vari, Attila 1976 births Living people Water polo players from Budapest Hungarian male water polo players Water polo centre backs Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Summer World University Games medalists in water polo FISU World University Games silver medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade

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