Márton Szívós

Márton Szivós (born 19 August 1981) is a Hungarian water polo player. He is part of the national team since 2003 and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. He is a son of István Szívós, Jr. and a grandson of István Szívós, both of whom won Olympic gold medals in water polo.

Márton Szívós
Szívós at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1981-08-19) 19 August 1981 Budapest, Hungary
Nickname	Marci
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position	Wing
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	Bp. Honvéd (head coach)
Youth career
1990–0000	KSI
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–2000	KSI
2000–2005	Bp. Honvéd
2005–2006	Pro Recco
2006–2012	Bp. Honvéd
2012–2014	Szeged
2014–2016	Eger
2016–2020	Bp. Honvéd
National team
Years	Team
2003–2016	Hungary
Teams coached
2020–present	Bp. Honvéd
Medal record Representing Hungary Men's water polo World Championships 2013 Barcelona Team 2005 Montréal Team 2007 Montréal Team European Championships 2006 Belgrade Team 2012 Eindhoven Team 2014 Budapest Team Summer Universiade 2003 Daegu Team
Last updated: 2 August 2023

Szivós served in Hungarian Army. In 2012 he received a Silver Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary. In April 2014 he suffered chest pains during a local match. He was taken to a hospital, where he was diagnosed as having suffered a heart attack and underwent surgery.

Honours

National

• World Championships: Gold medal - 2013; Silver medal - 2005, 2007
• European Championship: Silver medal - 2006, 2014; Bronze medal - 2012
• FINA World League: Gold medal - 2004; Silver medal - 2005, 2013, 2014
• FINA World Cup: Silver medal - 2006
• Universiade: (Gold medal - 2003)
• Junior World Championships: (Bronze medal - 2001)
• Youth European Championship: (Gold medal - 1997; Bronze medal - 1999)

Club

Bp. Honvéd (Domino-BHSE)

• Hungarian Championship (5x): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
• LEN Euroleague (1x): 2003–04
• LEN Super Cup (1x): 2004

Pro Recco

• Italian Championship (1x): 2005–06
• Italian Cup (1x): 2005–06
• LEN Euroleague runners-up: 2005–06

Bp. Honvéd (Domino-Honvéd, Grupama Honvéd)

• Hungarian Cup (2x): 2006, 2010

Szeged (A-HÍD Szeged, Diapolo Szeged)

• Hungarian Cup (2x): 2012, 2013

Eger (ZF-Eger)

• Hungarian Cup (1x): 2015

Awards

• LEN Champions League Final Four MVP: 2005–06 with Pro Recco
• Faragó-díj (2000)
• Golden Waterpolo wandering Award (2009)
• National Defence awards (2012)

Orders

• Silver Cross of the Cross of Merit of Hungary (2012)

See also

• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

External links

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