Béla Szabados (born February 18, 1974, in

Békéscsaba Békéscsaba (; ; see also #Name, other alternative names) is a city with county rights in southeast Hungary, the capital of Békés County. Geography Békéscsaba is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budapest. Highway 44, 47 ...

) is a former freestyle

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from

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

, who competed in two consecutive

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for his native country, starting in

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. He studied at the

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. Szabados continues to compete as a Masters swimmer, representing West Loop Athletic Club in Chicago, IL. He has set two Illinois Masters Swimming records in the 35-39 age group.

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1974 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Hungary Hungarian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary FISU World University Games silver medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Békéscsaba {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub