Péter Biros
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Born |
Miskolc, Hungary[1] | 5 April 1976|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Fácán | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Driver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Eger women's (head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miskolci VSC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–1995 | Miskolci VSC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | ÚVMK Eger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | UTE-Taxi 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Primorje Rijeka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | NIS Naftagas-Bečej | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2007 | Domino-BHSE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2016 | ZF-Eger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | → San Giljan (Summer League) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | → Neptunes (Summer League) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2012 |
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2016– | ZF-Eger women's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Péter Biros (born 5 April 1976) is a Hungarian former water polo player,[2] who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics,[3] 2004 Summer Olympics[4] and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of six male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo. ( Kiss Szecsi Molnar Kasas Benedek Biros) [5] He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]
He is nicknamed Fácán, meaning 'pheasant', and made his debut for the national side in 1997, during an international tournament in Seville, Spain.
After the 2008 Olympics final, Biros revealed that he performed the entire tournament with a cyst by his heart, something that was unknown to the entire team and coaches alike. He insisted that he played with the consent of his doctors, and received a Fair Play award afterwards for it.[7][8] He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Hungary at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, becoming the 23rd water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[9]
Honours
[edit]National
[edit]- Olympic Games:
Gold medal - 2000, 2004, 2008
- World Championships:
Gold medal - 2003;
Silver medal - 2005, 2007
- European Championship:
Gold medal - 1999;
Silver medal - 2006;
Bronze medal - 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012
- FINA World League:
Gold medal - 2003, 2004;
Silver medal - 2005, 2007;
Bronze medal - 2002
- FINA World Cup:
Gold medal - 1999;
Silver medal - 2006, 2006
Club
[edit]- Euroleague Winners (1): (2004 - with Bp. Honvéd)
- LEN Cup Winners (1): (1999 - with UTE)
- LEN Super Cup Winner (1): (2004 - with Bp. Honvéd)
- Hungarian Championship (OB I): 8x (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 - with Bp. Honvéd; 2011, 2013, 2014 - with Eger)
- Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (2006 - with Bp. Honvéd; 2007, 2008, 2015 - with Eger)
- Hungarian SuperCup (Szuperkupa): 1x (2005 - with Bp. Honvéd)
- Yugoslavian Championship: 1x (2001 - with Bečej)
- Yugoslavian Cup: 1x (2001 - with Bečej)
Individual
[edit]- OB I top scorer (Hungarian Championship): 2001–02
- Prva HVL top scorer (Croatia Championship): 1999–2000
Awards
[edit]- Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008
- Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011
- Honorary Citizen of Eger (2008)
- Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2008)
- Best European player of year (LEN): 2008
- Best Water Polo Player of the Year (Swimming World): 2009
- UNESCO Fair Play Award (2009)
- Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
- Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2015)
- 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)
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary with the Star (2008)[10]
See also
[edit]- Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
- List of flag bearers for Hungary at the Olympics
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References
[edit]- ^ Péter Biros. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Péter Biros". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Hungary Water Polo at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Hungary Water Polo at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Peter Biros - Water Polo - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
- ^ "Kozmann és Biros fair play-díjat kapott (Kozmann and Biros received Fair Play award)" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Prize-winners". International Fair Play Committee. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ Hungary. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- ^ "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
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- Péter Biros at World Aquatics
- Péter Biros at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Péter Biros at the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
- Péter Biros at Olympics.com
- Péter Biros at Olympedia
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Miskolc
- Hungarian male water polo players
- Water polo drivers
- Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary in water polo
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Hungarian water polo coaches