|
István Batházi
István Batházi (born 16 December 1978 in Budapest) is a male medley swimmer from Hungary, who competed three times for his native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ... in 1996 and 2000. He won the European title in the men's 400 m individual medley in 2000 (Helsinki). In 2009 Istvan set the 200m(LC) Individual Medley Masters World Record for 30-34 age group. Awards * Hungarian swimmer of the Year (1): 2002 References 1978 births Living people Hungarian male medley swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers from Budapest European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming South Carolina Gamecocks men's swimmers Hungarian expatriate sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medley Swimming
Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual medley Individual medley consists of a single swimmer swimming equal distances of four different strokes within one race. Stroke order Individual medley consists of four strokes. These four strokes go in an order by Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and finally Freestyle. The swimmer will swim one quarter of the race in each style, in a certain order. The strokes are swum in this order: # Butterfly # Backstroke # Breaststroke # Freestyle (4th can be any stroke except butterfly, backstroke, or breaststroke; most swimmers use the front crawl). Competitions A number of competitions in the individual medley are regularly contested, by both men and women. The competitions are limited in that every distance must consist of either four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |