Barnabás Steinmetz

Barnabás Steinmetz (born 6 October 1975 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics[2] and 2004 Summer Olympics.[3] He is nicknamed Barney and Sema, and made his debut for the national team in 1993, at an international tournament in Moscow, Russia. He is currently the player of Vasas SC.[4]

Barnabás Steinmetz
Personal information
Born	6 October 1975 Budapest, Hungary[1]
Nickname	Börni, Séma, néger, Janikám
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in)
Position	Guard
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	Austria (head coach) Bp. Honvéd (assistant)
Youth career
	KSI
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1993	KSI
1993–1995	FTC-Vitasport
1995–1996	Szeged
1996–2000	FTC-Thomas Jeans
2000–2003	Posillipo
2003–2009	TEVA-VasasPlaket
2009–2010	Ferencváros
2010–2012	TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA
2012–2017	RacioNet Honvéd
National team
Years	Team
1993–2006	Hungary
Teams coached
2015–	Austria
2015–	Austria junior (youth)
2017–	Bp. Honvéd (assistant)
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition 2004 Athens Team competition World Championships 2003 Barcelona Team competition FINA World Cup 1999 Sydney Team competition 2002 Belgrade Team competition

Honours

National

• Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2000, 2004
• World Championships: Gold medal - 2003; Silver medal - 1998
• European Championship: Gold medal - 1997, 1999; Silver medal - 1993; Bronze medal - 2001, 2003
• Universiade: (Silver medal - 1995)
• Junior World Championships: (Gold medal - 1995; Bronze medal - 1993)
• Junior European Championship: (Gold medal - 1992, 1994)

Club

• Cup Winners' Cup Winners (2): (1998 - with FTC; 2003 - with Posillipo)

• Hungarian Championship (OB I): 5x (2000 - with FTC; 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012 - with Vasas)
• Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 3x (1996 (2) - with FTC; 2004, 2005 - with Vasas)
• Italian Championship (Serie A1): 1x (2001 - with Posillipo)

Awards

• Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004
• Masterly youth athlete: 1995, 1996
• Papp László Budapest Sportíj (2014)

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)

See also

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

References

1. Barnabás Steinmetz. sports-reference.com
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
4. "Steinmetz Barnabás" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2010-01-29.

External links

• Barnabás Steinmetz at International Olympic Committee
• Barnabás Steinmetz at Olympic Channel
• Barnabás Steinmetz at Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
• Barnabás Steinmetz at Olympedia
• Barnabás Steinmetz at Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)