István Görgényi is a Hungarian former water polo player and coach, born on 2 November 1946. He played for Hungary 96 times and was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, as well as gold at the 1973 World Championships and at the 1974 European championship. He retired as a player at 36 and took up coaching, leading Újpest in Hungary and CACEL Nice in France before moving to Australia in 1994. As head coach of the Australian women's national team from 1998 he guided it to the first women's Olympic water polo gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games, and he was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Gorgenyi represented Hungary as a player 96 times and was a member of teams that won the silver medal at 1972 Munich Olympics
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