Touching news — Tibor Benedek chosen as the Best Water Polo Player of the 21st century!

Tibor Benedek, three-time Olympic champion, European and world water polo champion, was chosen as the best water polo player of the 21st century by the famous sports news site Total Waterpolo.

The results are based on 40 expert votes and 50.000+ public votes;

according to which, the three-time Olympic, European and world champion Tibor Benedek received the most votes in men’s category,

while the two-time Olympic and three-time world champion Maggie Steffens received the most votes in women’s category.

As the Hungarian news portal Telex reports, in addition to the top-ranked water polo legend,

the top five includes other two Hungarian water polo athletes, Tamás Kásás and Dénes Varga, who are also three-time Olympic champions.

Besides them, two Serbian classics, Filip Filipovic and Vladimir Vujasinovic, a Croatian, Josip Pavic, and a Spanish center of Cuban descent, Ivan Perez, are also on the list.