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 (1975-10-06) 6 October 1975 (age 49)
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Nickname Börni, Séma, néger, Janikám
Nationality Hungarian
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4+12 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
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Barcelona Team competition
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sydney Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2002 Belgrade Team competition

Honours

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National

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Club

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  • 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

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

See also

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References

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  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.
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