Balázs Erdélyi
Hungarian water polo player
Balázs Erdélyi (born 16 February 1990) is a water polo player from Hungary. He was part of the Hungarian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals. He was also part of the Hungarian team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where he won a bronze medal.
Erdélyi played college water polo at the University of the Pacific, where he won back-to-back Cutino Awards (best player in college water polo) and helped Pacific establish itself as a top-tier program.
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