Ádám Steinmetz

Ádám Steinmetz
Ádám Steinmetz
Personal information
Born	11 August 1980 (age 44); Budapest, Hungary
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
World Championships
European Championship

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)

References

^ 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 Olympedia
Ádám Steinmetz at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)

[sr-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.

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