2004 Athens Highlights
- Legendary Hungarian Swimming finds a new star! 15-year old Daniel Gyurta wins Silver! Future Two-Time World Champion!
- Hungarian Fencing continues to dominate as Timea Nagy takes Gold!
- Zsolt Nemcsik wins individual Silver on Sabre
- Men’s Team Epee take Silver
- Hungarian kayak / canoe also continues medal performance with Gold, Silver, and Bronze!
- Zoltán Kammerer and Botond Storcz repeat Gold-medal performance as Men’s K4 also take Gold!
- Natasa Janics wins TWO Gold Medals!
- Michal and Richard Riszdorfer take Bronze competing for Slovakia in the K4-1000m
- Legendary Hungarian Waterpolo returns to Gold, taking 2nd of an unprecedented three consecutive Gold Medals!
- Skeet shooter, Diana Igaly wins Gold after bronze in 2000, Jozef Gonci takes bronze in Air Rifle for Slovakia
Medal
Name
Event
Natasa Janics
Canoeing, Women’s K1 500 m
Natasa Janics
Canoeing, Women’s K2 500 m
Katalin Kovács
Canoeing, Women’s K2 500 m
Tímea Nagy
Fencing, Women’s Individual Epee
Zoltán Kammerer
Canoeing, Men’s K4 1000 m
Botond Storcz
Canoeing, Men’s K4 1000 m
Ákos Vereckei
Canoeing, Men’s K4 1000 m
Gábor Horváth
Canoeing, Men’s K4 1000 m
Zsuzsanna Vörös
Modern Pentathlon, Women’s Competition
Diána Igaly
Shooting, Women’s Skeet
István Majoros
Wrestling, Men’s Greco-Roman 55 kg
Tibor Benedek
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Péter Biros
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Rajmund Fodor
Water Polo, Men’s Team
István Gergely
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Tamás Kásás
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Gergely Kiss
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Norbert Madaras
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Tamás Molnár
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Ádám Steinmetz
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Barnabás Steinmetz
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Zoltán Szécsi
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Tamás Varga
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Attila Vári
Water Polo, Men’s Team
Zoltán Kővágó
Athletics, Men’s Discus
Katalin Kovács
Canoeing, Women’s K4 500 m
Szilvia Szabó
Canoeing, Women’s K4 500 m
Erzsébet Viski
Canoeing, Women’s K4 500 m
Kinga Bóta
Canoeing, Women’s K4 500 m
Zsolt Nemcsik
Fencing, Men’s Individual Sabre
Gábor Boczkó
Fencing, Men’s Team Epee
Krisztián Kulcsár
Fencing, Men’s Team Epee
Iván Kovács
Fencing, Men’s Team Epee
Dániel Gyurta
Swimming, Men’s 200 m Breaststroke
Eszter Krutzler
Weightlifting, Women’s 69 kg
Michal Riszdorfer
Canoeing, Men’s K-4 1000 m
Richard Riszdorfer
Canoeing, Men’s K-4 1000 m
György Kozmann
Canoeing, Men’s C2 1,000 m
György Kolonics
Canoeing, Men’s C2 1,000 m
Attila Vajda
Canoeing, Men’s C1 1000 m
László Cseh
Swimming, Men’s 400 m Individual Medley
Jozef Gönci ( József)
Shooting, Men’s 10 metre Air Rifle
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Related
2000 – 2008 Hungarian Water Polo Team
The Hungarian Water Polo Team is considered the world’s top power in the history of water polo, having won 15 Olympic, 9 World Championship, 5 FINA World League, 8 FINA World Cup and 21 European Championship medals. Hungary are the current Olympic gold medalists, since the 2008 Olympic Games. [more on Wikpedia]
Blood in the Water: Hungary vs.
The Soviet Union…
Amid
all the tension caused by the Soviet invasion of Hungary, Hungary
and the Soviet Union met in a water polo match, one of the most famous
water polo matches in history.
The game was played in a packed stadium with many Hungarian-born Australians
in the crowd. In addition to the political tension it was also a crucial
game in terms of the water polo competition. If Hungary were to win
it would almost be assured of the gold medal.
The match was rough from the beginning but became increasingly violent after Hungary took a 4-0 lead in the second half.At one point a Hungarian player, Ervin Zador, was heavily knocked by a Soviet player and emerged from the pool with serious facial bleeding. The crowd became enraged and police were called to prevent a riot. The match was abandoned shortly before full time and Hungary was credited with a victory. This ultimately secured it the gold medal after the completion of other matches.
Many of the Hungarian team were not able to return to their homeland to rejoice in this victory, choosing instead to remain in Australia or seek refuge in other countries rather than return to their war-ravaged country.
In 2007, the film “Freedom’s Fury](https://smile.amazon.com/ch/34-1253539?ie=UTF8&keywords=Freedom%27s%20Fury&tag=americanhunga-20&index=dvd&link_code=qs)wn as the “Blood in the Water Match,” the documentary follows the journey of the Hungarian Olympic water polo team and its young star, Ervin Zador, who find themselves the unwitting focal point of the most politicized sports match ever played.
](https://smile.amazon.com/ch/34-1253539?ie=UTF8&keywords=Freedom's Fury&tag=americanhunga-20&index=dvd&link_code=qs)
See Trailers of “Freedom’s Fury” on YouTube or buy the film on AHF’s Amazon store
Featured 2002 Winter Olympian, Dana Antal:(b. 4/19/1977, Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, Canada )
Star Forward on Canada’s “Golden Girl’s” Hockey Team!
Dana’s hockey career began in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan at the tender age of five. At first, it was figure skating, then she turned to boys’ hockey because everyone else in town was playing. Dana Antal scored three goals and had seven points to help Canada to the gold medal at the world championships last year. She missed the 2000 worlds due to a knee injury. She played college hockey at Cornell University in the U.S., for two years and also spent a season in Switzerland. She now attends the University of Calgary and plays for the Oval X-Treme.
Highlights: Gold medalist at World Championships in 2001; Gold medalist at Four Nations Cup in 2001.
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