Bogdan Rath (born 28 June 1972) is a

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n and later

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player who competed in the

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(for Romania) and in the

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(for Italy). In June 2022, he became the coach of the Romanian national polo team and the Steaua Bucharest club team.

Player career

Romania

He won the national championship 5 times with the Steaua Bucharest team and the Romanian Cup 2 times with the Steaua Bucharest team. He ranked 4th at the European Championship in Sheffield with the Romanian National Team and participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with the Romanian national team. He started playing at the age of 8, registered since 1980 at the CSS 1 Bucharest club with which he won 2 national titles. As a junior he was selected for the European Junior Championship in 1989. At the age of 17, in 1989 he started playing in the first division at the Sportul Studențesc Bucharest club, later continuing to be registered at the Steaua Bucharest Club from 1991 to 1996 when he moved to Italy at first division club Paguros Catania, with whom he won the Cairo Comen Cup in 1996.

Italy

;Club activity *1996-1998: Paguros Catania *1998-2003: Posillipo Napoli with the following achievements: *He won the Italian national championship twice in 2000 and 2001 *Won the LEN Cup Winners' Cup in 2003 *2 Euroleague LEN bronze medals in 1999 and 2002 *During this period he was selected to the All Star Challenge world team in 1999 and 2000 *2004-2005: Savona *Won the National Championship in 2005 *European Cup LEN trophy in 2005 *Local 2 in the European Supercup in 2005 *2006-2011: Leonessa Brescia *2 silver medals in the Italian League A1 (in 2008 and 2010) *European Supercup in 2006 *2012: Ortigia Siracusa, where he ends his playing career. ;National team *World runner-up with the Italian national team in 2003 in Barcelona *European runner-up with the Italian national team in Budapest in 2001 *World runner-up Fina World League, New York, in 2003 *2 silver medals at the 2001/2005 Mediterranean Games *Ranked 8th at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games *4th place at the Fina World Cup in 2001 in Belgrade *4th place in Fukoka World Championship in 2001

Coaching career

CSA Steaua Bucharest

In only 18 months he won 2 Romanian cups and 1 Romanian super league (being declared the best coach) with Steaua and reached the quarterfinals of the Len cup.

National team coach

*10th place at the 2022 European Water Polo Championship in Split. *He qualified the national team for the 2024 European Water Polo Championship in Dubrovnik. *He qualified the national team after 13 years for the world cup in Los Angeles 2023, taking 6th place, being the first coach to win with Serbia at a major competition. *After more than 10 years, he qualified the national team for the

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entering the first 8 teams at the European Championships in Zagreb 2024 and obtained the qualification for the European Championships in Belgrade 2026.

References

# ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. „Bogdan Rath”. ''Olympics at Sports-Reference.com''. Sports Reference LLC. Arhivat din original la 18 aprilie 2020. Accesat în 15 mai 2012.

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* 1972 births Living people Italian male water polo players Italian people of Romanian descent Romanian male water polo players Romanian water polo coaches Olympic water polo players for Romania Olympic water polo players for Italy Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Water polo players from Bucharest Water polo coaches at the 2024 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian sportsmen 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Italy-waterpolo-bio-stub