Attila Vári

Attila Vári (born 26 February 1976 in Budapest), nicknamed Doki, is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Vári began his athletic career with modern pentathlon but later switched to water polo. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1997.

Attila's back hand shot from ten meters in the 2000 Olympic finals against Russia was probably the most unexpected and spectacular goal anyone ever scored in an Olympic final game in water polo.

Vári was elected into the presidium of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) in May 2017. He was elected President of the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (MVLSZ) in September 2018, replacing Dénes Kemény. The ruling party Fidesz–KDNP nominated Vári as their candidate for the position of Mayor of Pécs in the 2019 Hungarian local elections, but was defeated by the opposition's joint candidate Attila Péterffy.

National

 * Olympic Games: gold medal.svg gold medal – 2000, 2004
 * World Championships: gold medal world centered-2.svg gold medal – 2003; silver medal world centered-2.svg silver medal – 1998, 2005
 * European Championship: gold medal europe.svg gold medal – 1997, 1999; bronze medal europe.svg bronze medal – 2001, 2003
 * FINA World League: gold medal blank.svg gold medal – 2003, 2004; silver medal blank.svg silver medal – 2005; bronze medal blank.svg bronze medal – 2002
 * FINA World Cup: gold medal blank.svg gold medal – 1999; silver medal blank.svg silver medal – 2002; bronze medal blank.svg bronze medal – 1997
 * Universiade: (silver medal – 1995)
 * Junior World Championships: (gold medal – 1995)
 * Junior European Championship: (gold medal – 1994)

Club

 * Euroleague Winners (1): (2004 – with Bp. Honvéd)
 * Cup Winners' Cup Winners (2): (1995, 2002 – with Vasas)
 * LEN Super Cup Winner (1): (2004 – with Bp. Honvéd)


 * Hungarian Championship (OB I): 4x (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 – with Bp. Honvéd)
 * Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (1996 (1), 1997, 2001, 2002 – with Vasas)
 * Hungarian SuperCup (Szuperkupa): 1x (2001 – with Vasas)

Awards

 * Masterly youth athlete: 1995
 * Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004
 * Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2000
 * Csanádi-díj: 2001


 * Orders
 * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR.svg Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)
 * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 3class BAR.svg Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004)