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
Representing 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.

Awards

• 3 times Olympic champion (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008), 5 times present at the Olympic Games
• World champion in Barcelona 2003
• European champion in Sevilla 1997
• World cup champion in Atlanta 1996
• 2 times World League champion (2003, 2004)
• 384 present in the national team of Hungary

As player of UTE (1989–1996)

• 4 times Hungarian champion
• LEN cup winner
• EU cup winner
• SUPER cup winner

As player of Ina Assitalia Roma (1996–2001)

• Italian champion

As player of Pro Recco (2001–2004)

• Italian champion
• EU cup winner

As player of Honvéd Domino (2004–)

• Hungarian champion

References

• (Hungarian) Profile
• (English)