Ádám Steinmetz

The native form of this personal name is Steinmetz Ádám. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Ádám Steinmetz
Personal information
Born	(1980-08-11) 11 August 1980 (age 44) Budapest, Hungary[1]
Nickname	Ádi
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position	Centre forward
Handedness	Right
Youth career
	KSI
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1996	KSI
1996–2000	FTC-Thomas Jeans
2000–2008	TEVA-VasasPlaket
2008–2011	Primorac Kotor
2011–2018	VasasPlaket
National team
Years	Team
	Hungary
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team competition World Championships 2005 Montréal Team competition European Championship 2012 Eindhoven Team competition

Ádám Steinmetz (born 11 August 1980 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion, and politician, who played for Hungarian Championship outfit Vasas SC. He has a brother, Barnabás Steinmetz, who is also a water polo player and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Between 2018 and 2022, he was a member of the National Assembly, in the parliamentary group of Jobbik.

Honours

National

• Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2004
• World Championships: Silver medal - 2005
• European Championship: Silver medal - 2006; Bronze medal - 2003, 2012
• Universiade: (Gold medal - 2003; Bronze medal - 1999, 2001)
• Junior World Championships: (Silver medal - 1997)
• Junior European Championship: (Silver medal - 1996)
• Youth European Championship: (Silver medal - 1995)

Club

• Euroleague Winners (1): (2009 - with Primorac Kotor)
• Cup Winners' Cup Winners (2): (1998 - with FTC; 2002 - with Vasas)
• LEN Super Cup Winner (1): (2009 - with Primorac Kotor)
• Hungarian Championship (OB I): 4x (2000 - with FTC; 2007, 2008, 2012 - with Vasas)
• Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 5x (1996 - with FTC; 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 - with Vasas)
• Montenegrin Cup (Kup Crne Gore): 1x (2010 - with Primorac Kotor)

Awards

• Masterly youth athlete: 1997, 1998
• Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2004
• Perpetual Champion of Vasas SC (2005)
• Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)

Orders

• Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004)

See also

• Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ádám Steinmetz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

External links

• Ádám Steinmetz at the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
• Ádám Steinmetz at Olympics.com
• Ádám Steinmetz at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
• Ádám Steinmetz at Olympedia