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Budapesti Honvéd SE (swimming)
The Budapesti Honvéd SE Swimming section was created in 1950 and is one of the most successful athletics teams in Hungary. Homeground and training place are the club's own Honvéd Sportuszoda. Achievements honved.hu Notable athletes * * * * Imre Nyéki * |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristóf Milák
Kristóf Milák (born 20 February 2000) is a Hungarian swimmer. He is the current holder of the world record in the long course 200 metre butterfly and the European record in the long course 100 metre butterfly. He also currently holds the Hungarian record in the short course 50 metre backstroke. At his first Olympic Games, the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 200 metre butterfly and a silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly. He has also won three gold medals and one silver at the World Aquatic Championships, as well as three gold medals at the European Aquatics Championships. He was the gold medalist in the 400 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, and 200 metre butterfly events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Career 2016 When he was 16 years old, Milák competed at the 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary in July, winning the gold medal in the 200 metre butterfly with a time of 1:56.77, placing fifth in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swim Teams
Swim or SWIM may refer to: Movement and sport * Swim, a fad dance * Aquatic locomotion, the act of biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium * Human swimming, the useful or recreational activity of movement through water * Swimming (sport), the competitive sport of swimming Music Groups and labels * swim ~, a record label founded by Wire guitarist and singer Colin Newman, and Minimal Compact bass player and singer Malka Spigel Albums and EPs * ''Swim'' (Caribou album), a 2010 album by Caribou * ''Swim'' (Emily's Army EP), 2014 * ''Swim'' (Feeder EP), a 1996 EP by the band Feeder, later re-released as an 11-track album * ''Swim'' (July for Kings album), the Ohio-based rock band's 2002 major-label debut album * ''Swim'', a 2008 album from indie band Whispertown 2000 *''S W I M'', a 2015 album by Die! Die! Die! with a title believed to mean "Someone Who Isn't Me" Songs * "Swim" (song), a 1993 song by the alternative rock band Fishbone * "Swim", a song from Bic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming In Hungary
Swimming is the self- propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that results in directional motion. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response. Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming is featured in a range of local, national, and international competitions, including every modern Summer Olympics. Swimming involves repeated motions known as strokes in order to propel the body forward. While the front crawl, also known as freestyle, is widely regarded as the fastest out of four primary strokes, other strokes are practiced for special purposes, such as for traini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoltán Verrasztó
Zoltán Verrasztó (born 15 March 1956 in Budapest) is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Hungary. He won two medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Verrasztó claimed silver in the men's 200 m backstroke, and bronze in the men's 400 m individual medley. Apart from that he twice became world champion in the 200 m backstroke during the 1970s. His children, Evelyn Verrasztó and Dávid Verrasztó Dávid Verrasztó (born 22 August 1988) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 200 and 400 m individual medleys. His father and coach, Zoltán Verrasztó, and his sister, Evelyn Verraszt ... are also Olympic swimmers. He coached them to become European championship gold medalists. External links * * 1956 births Living people Hungarian male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Male medley swimmers Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1976 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Tumpek
György Tumpek (12 January 1929 – 21 December 2022) was a Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist. He was born in Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population .... He participated at the 1956 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 200 metre butterfly. References External links * 1929 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liliána Szilágyi
Liliána Szilágyi (born 19 November 1996) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in the butterfly events. Career She collected two medals (gold and silver) in the 100 and 200 m butterfly at the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. Szilagyi is a member of Kőbánya Swimming Club in Budapest, and is coached and trained by Gyorgyi Turi. She is also the daughter of three-time Olympian and former freestyle swimmer Zoltán Szilágyi (1988, 1992, and 2000). Szilagyi qualified for the women's 100 m butterfly at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by completing the event more quickly than the FINA B-standard entry time of 59.07 seconds from the European Championships in Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and .... She competed with seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
József Szabó
József Szabó (born 10 March 1969) is a retired Hungarian swimmer. He competed in three individual events at the 1988 Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke; he placed fourth in the 400 m and 24th in the 200 m medley events. Between 1986 and 1989 he won two gold, one silver and one bronze medals in those three events at the world and European championships. In 2012 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. See also * List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests a ... References 1969 births Living people Swimmers from Budapest Hungarian male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Hungary Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Male breaststroke swimmers Olympic gold medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Csaba Sós
Csaba Sós (born 20 April 1957) is a retired Hungarian swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 400 m medley event at the 1977 European Aquatics Championships The 1977 European Aquatics Championships were held at the swimming complex Rosenlundsbadet in the southern Swedish city of Jönköping, from 14 August to 21 August. Besides swimming, there were titles contested in diving, the women's event of syn .... He competed in various swimming disciplines at the Summer Olympics of 1972, 1976 and 1980, but never reached the finals. On January 25, 2017 he was appointed to be the head coach of the swimming team of Hungary. References 1957 births Living people Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Hungary Hungarian male medley swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Eger 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imre Nyéki
Imre Nyéki (1 November 1928 – 27 March 1995) was a Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist. He participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. He also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References 1928 births 1995 deaths Hungarian male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Hungarian male freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European champions for Hungary Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Hargitay
András Hargitay (born 17 March 1956) is a retired swimmer from Hungary, who won the bronze medal in the Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley, 400 m individual medley at the Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics. He finished fourth in the same event at the 1976 and 1980 Games, missing the bronze medal by less than 0.3 seconds in both cases. In 1974, he set a new World record progression 400 metres individual medley, world record in the 400 m medley. He was named Hungarian Sportsman of the Year in 1975 after winning two gold medals at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships. See also * List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame References * les-sports.info* Jean-Louis Meuret (2007)HistoFINA Volume IV – Tome IV MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (50 m.) Before Rome 2009. External links * * * 1956 births Living people Male medley swimmers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Simicskó
István Simicskó (born 29 November 1961) is a Hungarian politician of the governing Fidesz–KDNP coalition. He has been a Member of the National Assembly since 1998. He served as Minister of Defence from 10 September 2015 to 18 May 2018. Studies and personal life Simicskó was born in Tiszalök, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County on 29 November 1961. He finished his secondary studies at the Jedlik Ányos Secondary Grammar School of Csepel in 1980. He earned a degree in business economics at the College of Commerce, Catering and Tourism in 1985. Between 1999 and 2002, he was educated at the Eötvös Loránd University, where he became a Doctor of law. Simicskó obtained his PhD degree (military sciences) at the Zrínyi Miklós National Defence University (by now integrated into the National University of Public Service) in 2009. Simicskó is married and father of three children. He had been a member of the Hungarian Association of Military Science (MHTT) since 1993. He is also inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
