Tamás Märcz

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

Tamás Märcz
Personal information
Born	(1974-07-17) 17 July 1974 (age 50) Budapest, Hungary[1]
Nationality	Hungarian, Italian
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Driver
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	Hungary (head coach)
Youth career
	KSI
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1993	KSI
1993–2000	BVSC-Brendon
2000–2005	Savona
2005–2006	Chiavari
2006–2007	Brendon-Fenstherm-ZF-Eger
2007–2008	Nervi
2008–2009	Pro Recco
2009	→ Sirens (Summer League)
2009–2012	Acquachiara
National team
Years	Team
1995–2001	Hungary
2012	Italy
Teams coached
2013–2017	MKB-Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló
2014–2015	Hungary women's (assistant)
2017–2022	Hungary
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition FINA World Cup 1999 Sydney Team competition Representing  Hungary (as head coach) 2020 Tokyo Team competition 2017 Budapest Team Competition 2018 Berlin 2018 Budapest 2020 Budapest 2019 Zagreb

Tamás Märcz (born 17 July 1974) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[2] He was the head coach of Hungary men's national water polo team between 1 January 2017 and 18 July 2022.^[3]

He has played in the Italian Water polo Serie A and has played in Malta with Sirens, winning a knockout title.

Honours

National

• Olympic Games: Gold medal – 2000
• World Championships: Silver medal – 1998
• European Championship: Gold medal – 1997, 1999; Silver medal – 1995; Bronze medal – 2001
• FINA World Cup: Gold medal – 1999
• Junior World Championships: (Bronze medal – 1993)
• Junior European Championship: (Gold medal – 1992)

Club

European competitions:

• LEN Cup Winner (1): (2005 – with Savona)
• 0 LEN Super Cup Winner (1): (2008 – with Pro Recco)

Domestic competitions:

• Hungarian Championship (OB I): 4x (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 – with BVSC)
• Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 2x (1995, 2000 – with BVSC)
• Italian Championship (Serie A1): 2x (2005 – with Savona; 2009 – with Pro Recco)
• Italian Cup: 1x (2009 – with Pro Recco)

Awards

• Member of the Hungarian team of the year: 1997, 1999, 2000
• Széchenyi-medallion (2000)
• Csanádi-díj: 2001

Orders

• Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)

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. "Bulcsú Székely". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tamás Märcz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
3. "Vízilabda: kiválasztották az új kapitányt, itt a Benedek-utód!". nemzetisport.hu. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

External links

• Tamás Marcz at World Aquatics
• Tamás Marcz at Olympics.com
• Tamás Marcz at Olympedia
• Tamás Marcz at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)