Kristóf Milák (born 20 February 2000) is a Hungarian swimmer. He is the current holder of the

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in the long course 200 metre butterfly and the European record in the long course 100 metre

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. He also currently holds the Hungarian record in the

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50 metre

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. At his first

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, the

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, 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

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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 100 metre butterfly at 52.98 seconds, and placing seventh with a time of 24.42 seconds in the 50 metre butterfly."European Junior Swimming Championships 2016 Participant - Details: Milak Kristof"
''MSECM myResults''. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

2017: Butterfly lift-off

2017 European Junior Championships

At the 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships in Netanya,

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, Milák swam a 1:53.79 in the 200 metre butterfly, winning the gold medal and setting a new world junior record and a new Championships record in the event.Race, Retta (30 June 2017)
"Faster Than Phelps: Kristof Milak Breaks True World Junior Record"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

2017 World Championships

At the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships ( hu, 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

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, Milák set a new world junior record and a new Hungarian national record of 50.77 seconds in the semifinals of the 100 metre butterfly.Brien, Taylor (28 July 2017)
"Hungary's Kristof Milak Posts New 100 Fly World Junior Record"
''

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''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. Earlier the same day, in the prelims of the same event, he broke his first world junior record of the Championships with a time of 51.23 seconds.Gibbs, Robert (29 July 2017)
"Kristof Milak Breaks 100 Fly WJR 3rd Time At Worlds, Now 8th All-Time"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. In the final he swam a 50.62 and won the silver medal, setting a his third world junior record and second national record in the event. In addition to his national records in the 100 metre butterfly, Milák helped the Hungary 4x100 metre medley relay place seventh in the final and set a new national record of 3:32.13.

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(30 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

2017 World Junior Championships

On 26 August 2017, at the 2017 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis,

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, Milák helped set a new world junior record and Championships record of 7:10.95 in the final of the 4x200 metre freestyle relay.

(26 August 2017)
"6th FINA World Junior Championships 2017 Indianapolis (USA): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

2018: A year golden in fly and free

2018 Spring National and European Junior Championships

At the 2018 Hungarian Spring National Championships, Milák, who was just 18 years of age, lowered his own world junior record in the 200 metre butterfly to a 1:52.71.Ross, Andy (28 March 2018)
"Kristof Milak Swims Monster 1:52 in LCM 200 Fly; Moves To Third All-Time"
''

''. Retrieved 7 October 2021.Perez, Marta (5 August 2018)
"Milak, oro en 200 mariposa tras otear durante parte de la final el récord del mundo de Phelps"
(in Spanish). '' Mundo Deportivo''. Retrieved 7 October 2021. In July, at the 2018 European Junior Swimming Championships, Milák competed in 10 individual and relay events, reaching the semifinal or final in all 10 events, swimming in the final of 9 events, and winning medals in 5 events, of which four were gold medals and one was a bronze medal. LEN (8 July 2018)
"2018 LEN European Junior Championships Swimming: Results Book"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

2018 European Championships

At the 2018 European Aquatics Championships held in

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in August, he won the gold medal in the 200 metre butterfly event with a time of 1:52.79. In the mixed 4x200 metre freestyle relay, he led-off the relay swimming a 1:48.04 for the first leg and helping the relay place fourth with a Hungarian national record time of 7:31.19. LEN (4 August 2018)
"LEN European Aquatics Championships Glasgow 2018: Results 4x200m Freestyle Relay Mixed Final"
''microplustiming.com''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Milák won a total of four medals at the

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in October 2018, three of which were gold medals and one of which was a silver medal."Buenos Aires 2018: Where are they now?"
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''. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2021. In the 400 metre freestyle Milák won his first gold medal with a time of 3:48.08, finishing almost half a second before silver medalist Marco De Tullio of

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and splitting under 30 seconds at every 50 meter mark of the race."Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018: Results Men 400m Freestyle: Final"
''

''. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2021.Sica, James (8 October 2018)
"Y2018 Youth Olympic Games Night Two Recap: Milak Grabs Second Gold Medal In 200 Free"
''

''. Retrieved 21 September 2021. His second gold medal of the Youth Olympic Games came in the 200 metre freestyle where he was the only swimmer under 1:48.00, winning in a time of 1:47.73."Kolesnikov and Milak at the double in the pool"
''

''. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2021. He won his third gold medal in a butterfly event, the 200 metre butterfly, where he finished exactly 1.00 seconds ahead of second place finisher Denys Kesil of the

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with a time of 1:54.89.Sutherland, James (12 October 2018)
"2018 Youth Olympic Games: Day 6 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 21 September 2021. In the 100 metre butterfly, Milák won his only silver medal of the meet, ranking second in the final behind Andrei Minakov of

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with a time of 51.50 seconds.Pimer, Diana (9 October 2018)
"2018 Youth Olympic Games Night Three Recap: Andrei Minakov Climbs World Ranks"
''

''. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

2018 Winter National Championships

Once back to Hungary from the Summer Youth Olympics, Milák set a new national record in the short course 50 metre backstroke with a time of 23.49 seconds on 10 November 2018 at the 2018 Hungarian Winter National Championships conducted in short course metres.

2019: Toppling a decade-old world record

2019 World Championships

] At the

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held in Gwangju,

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in July 2019, Milák won the gold medal and set a new

of 1:50.73 in the 200 metre butterfly on 24 July, breaking

Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold med ...

' 10-year-old world record by 0.78 seconds. In addition to breaking the world record set by Phelps in 2009, Milák became the first person to hold the world record in the men's

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200 metre butterfly event other than Phelps in an 18 year period.Torres, Ella (24 July 2019)
"19-year-old Kristof Milak breaks Michael Phelps' 200m fly world record"
''

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''. Retrieved 19 September 2021. It was also the first time in almost a decade that any swimmer had a long course world record in a butterfly event at either the 100 metre or 200 metre distance other than Phelps, with the last swimmer being

Milorad Čavić Milorad "Milo" Čavić ( sr-Cyrl, Милорад "Мило" Чавић, ; born May 31, 1984) is a Serbian former professional swimmer. He won a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in a historic race with American ...

of Serbia in the 100 metre butterfly in 2009.Cancian, Dan (24 July 2019)
"Who Is Kristof Milak? 19-year-old Hungarian Swimmer Breaks Michael Phelps' World Record"
''

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''. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

International Swimming League

In 2019, Milák was member of the 2019 International Swimming League representing Team Iron. He won the 200m butterfly in both matches he participated in. (Lewisville, Budapest)

2020: COVID-19 sidelines Milák

International Swimming League

Due to a positive test of having

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, Milák was unable to participate in the 2020 International Swimming League at full capacity, he was on the roster of Team Iron though was out of the season.Byrnes, Liz (14 October 2020)
"Kristof Milak To Miss Start Of ISL Season After Positive Test For Covid-19 In September"
''

''. Retrieved 1 August 2021.Zaccardi, Nick (3 November 2020)
"Chad le Clos, thankfully reunited with his ISL team, flies toward a third Olympics"
'' NBC Sports''. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

2021: Milák springs back

2021 Spring National Championships

At the

2021 Hungarian Spring National Championships in Budapest, Milák set his first national record of the Championships in the 100 metre freestyle by dropping over eight tenths of a second off his best time to set the new record at 48.00 seconds, which was eight hundredths of a second faster than the previous record.Byrnes, Liz (26 March 2021)
"Milak Sets Hungarian 100 Free Record Of 48.00 As Gold Rush Continues"
''

''. Retrieved 6 October 2021.Dornan, Ben (26 March 2021)
"Kristóf Milák Delivers 48.00 National Record At Hungarian Spring Nationals"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. Milák also broke the 100 metre butterfly national record he set in 2017 at 50.62 seconds with a new personal best time of 50.47 seconds.Dornan, Ben (27 March 2021)
"Milák Hits 50.47 Hungarian Record In 100 Fly, Within A Second Of Dressel"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. He also anchored the 4x200 metre freestyle relay with a split of 1:44.86, helping the relay set a new national record of 7:07.67 in the event.Ortegon, Karl (24 March 2021)
"Hungary Breaks 800 Free Relay National Record With Milak's 1:44 Anchor"
''

''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

2020 European Championships

At the 2020 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Milák won his first gold medal in Championships record time in the 200 metre butterfly, which was the second gold medal for

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and first gold medal for a male Hungarian in any sport at the Championships.Vaski, Tamás (20 May 2021)
"Hungary Wins Second Gold in European Aquatics Championships"
''Hungary Today''. Retrieved 19 September 2021. He also won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a national record and Championships record time of 50.18 seconds in the final after achieving Championships records in both the prelims and semifinals of the event.Byrnes, Liz (23 May 2021)
"European Championships, Day 7 Finals: Kristof Milak Goes 50.18 For 100 Fly Gold; Liukkonen Wins 50 Free"
''

''. Retrieved 6 October 2021.Penland, Spencer (23 May 2021)
"Kristof Milak Roars To Victory With 50.18 100 Fly, #9 Performance All-Time"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 6 October 2021."Kristof Milak completes butterfly double at European Aquatics Championships"
'' Olympics.com''. May 24, 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

2020 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Japan and postponed to 2021 due to the

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, Milák won the gold medal in the 200 metre butterfly in a new

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time of 1:51.25.Petty, Martin (28 July 2021)
"Swimming-Rattled by ripped trunks, Hungary's Milak settles for gold"
''

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''. Retrieved 1 August 2021. He finished over one body length ahead of and more than two seconds before the second place finisher and silver medalist, Japan's

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.Futterman, Matthew (27 July 2021)
"Kristof Milak of Hungary dominates the 200-meter butterfly"
''

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''. Retrieved 19 September 2021. In the semifinals of the 100 metre butterfly, Milák broke the Olympic record of 50.39 set by

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of the

in the prelims heats and set a new Olympic record of 50.31 seconds.

;

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(1 August 2021)
"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"
. ''

''. Retrieved 19 September 2021. He won the silver medal with a time of 49.68 in the final, less than three tenths of a second slower than the first place finisher.Sheldrick, Aaron (31 July 2021)
"Swimming-I'll catch Dressel, warns Hungarian Milak"
''

''. Retrieved 1 August 2021. His time of 49.68 seconds in the final set a new European record and Hungarian record in the event and moved him up in global rankings to second fastest swimmer in the event internationally, ahead of

and behind Caeleb Dressel.Keith, Braden (30 July 2021)
"Caeleb Dressel Breaks 100 Fly World Record; Milak Now #2 All-Time"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 August 2021. In addition to his butterfly individual events, Milák swam in the prelims and finals of the 4x100 meter freestyle relay, helping the relay finish fifth and set a new Hungarian record in the final."2020 Summer Olympics - Athletes: Kristóf Milák"
''

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''. 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

International Swimming League

Milák was selected as one of the swimmers for Team Iron in the 2021 International Swimming League, which was the third season of the International Swimming League.Penland, Spencer (1 August 2021)
"ISL Season 3: Free Agency Period Closed After 36 Free Agent Signings In July"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

2021 Swimming World Cup: Budapest

On the first day of the 2021

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stop in Budapest and held in short course metres, 7 October, Milák advanced to the final of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.60 seconds.

(7 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 7 October 2021.Race, Retta (7 October 2021)
"Kristof Milak Rips Near Lifetime-Best In 100 Fly To Kick-Off Budapest"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 7 October 2021. He also advanced to the final of the 50 metre freestyle, with a new personal best time of 21.62 seconds.

(7 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 7 October 2021. Later in the day during the finals session, Milák swam a personal best time in the 100 metre butterfly at 49.92 seconds and won the silver medal in the event behind Tom Shields of the United States.

(7 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 7 October 2021.Race, Retta (7 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 7 October 2021. In the final of the 50 metre freestyle, Milák lowered his time from the prelims by almost two tenths of a second to 21.44 seconds and ranked fifth overall.

(7 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 7 October 2021. Starting off day two of competition in the morning, Milák swam a personal best time of 23.34 in the 50 metre backstroke, breaking the Hungarian national record of 23.39 in the event, and advancing to the final ranked first overall.

(8 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.Race, Retta (8 October 2021)
"Milak Posts 50 Back National Record While Also Hunting 100 Free In Budapest"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 8 October 2021. To conclude his morning prelims session, Milák qualified for the final of the 100 metre freestyle ranked sixth overall with his time of 47.48 seconds.

(8 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 8 October 2021. He dropped over two tenths of a second in the final of the 50 metre backstroke in the evening, winning the gold medal and setting a new national record of 23.08 seconds.

(8 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Backstroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.Race, Retta (8 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.Sutherland, James (8 October 2021)
"Kristof Milak Knocks Hungarian SCM 50 Back Record Down To 23.08 In Budapest"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.Cisale, Giusy (9 October 2021)
"Kristof Milak Abbassa Il Record Ungherese 50 Metri Dorso 23.08"
(in Italian). '' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 9 October 2021. Transitioning to freestyle for his last two events of the day, he broke 47 seconds for the first time in the 100 metre freestyle final and won the bronze medal with a time of 46.93 seconds, finishing within two seconds of gold medalist

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of Australia and silver medalist Vladimir Morozov of

(8 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 8 October 2021. In his third and final event of the day two finals session, the mixed 4x50 metre freestyle relay, Milák split a 20.94, helping his relay win the silver medal in a time of 1:32.44.

(8 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Fastest Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 8 October 2021. The final morning of competition in Budapest, Milák advanced to the final in both of the events he raced.Race, Retta (9 October 2021)
"Chalmers & Sates 200 Free Rematch Set For Budapest's Final Night"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 9 October 2021. Up first, in the 50 metre butterfly, he qualified ranked third for the final with his prelims time of 22.91 seconds.

(9 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 9 October 2021. About an hour later, in the prelims of the 200 metre freestyle, he swam within a second of his best time at 1:45.62 and advanced to the final ranked sixth.

(9 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 9 October 2021. Milák just missed the podium in the final of the 50 metre butterfly, finishing fourth with a personal best time of 22.64 seconds.

(9 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 9 October 2021.Dornan, Ben (9 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 9 October 2021. In the final of the 200 metre freestyle, he swam another personal best time, dropping over two full seconds from his previous best time of 1:44.91 to win the bronze medal with a time of 1:42.61.

(9 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 9 October 2021. In terms of total points scored for his swims at the Budapest stop, Milák ranked fifth amongst male competitors, in terms of total points earned across all four World Cup stops, for which Milák only competed at the one Budapest stop, Milák's scores from the one stop were good enough to rank him as 35th overall highest scoring male competitor, and amongst male competitors who competed at only one stop in the World Cup circuit Milák ranked as number five in terms of total points."FINA Swimming World Cup: Men Individual Ranking 2021 - Rankings"
''

''. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

2021 European Short Course Championships

To follow-up his short course performances at the World Cup, Milák entered to compete at the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships held at the Kazan Aquatics Palace in Russia starting on 2 November.Dornan, Ben (27 October 2021)
"Milak In, Hosszu Out As Hungary Announces 13 Swimmer Short Course Euros Roster"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 27 October 2021.Byrnes, Liz (28 October 2021)
"Kristof Milak Leads 13-Strong Hungary Team On European SC Debut; Hosszu And Kapas Absent"
''

''. Retrieved 28 October 2021. He diversified his line-up with five events spanning three different strokes, entering to race in the 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre butterfly, 200 meter butterfly, 100 metre freestyle, and 200 metre freestyle. LEN (24 October 2021)
"2021 LEN Short-Course European Championships Psych Sheets"
''

''. Retrieved 28 October 2021. On 2 November, day one of competition, Milák qualified for the semifinals of the 50 metre backstroke with his time of 23.91 seconds, which was a little over four tenths of a second behind

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who competed in the same prelims heat and did not qualify for the semifinals as he was not one of the fastest two swimmers in the prelims heats from his country. LEN (2 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Backstroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 2 November 2021. Later in the same prelims session, Milák advanced to the semifinals later the same day in his second event, the 100 metre butterfly, with a time of 50.39 seconds. LEN (2 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Butterfly Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 2 November 2021. For the semifinals of the 50 metre backstroke, he swam a 23.50, qualifying for the final ranked eighth. LEN (2 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Backstroke Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 2 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (2 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 2 November 2021. His last race of day one, the semifinals of the 100 metre butterfly, Milák swam a personal best time of 49.71 seconds and advanced to the final ranking second. LEN (2 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Butterfly Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 2 November 2021. The following day, Milák placed eighth in the final of the 50 metre backstroke with a time of 23.34 seconds. LEN (3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Backstroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 3 November 2021. In the final of the 100 metre butterfly, he just missed the podium, finishing in fourth place with a time of 49.88 seconds. LEN (3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Butterfly Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 3 November 2021. In the prelims of the 200 metre butterfly on the morning of day three, Milák qualified for the semifinals with a time of 1:54.32. LEN (4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 200m Butterfly Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. He swam a 1:51.33 in the semifinals and qualified for the final the following day ranked first. LEN (4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 200m Butterfly Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. The next day, Milák decided not to swim in the prelims heats of the 200 metre freestyle, resting for the final of the 200 metre butterfly in the evening. LEN (5 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 200m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 5 November 2021. Later in the day, during the evening finals session, he won his first medal at a

European Short Course Swimming Championships The European Short Course Swimming Championships (variously referred to informally as the "Short Course Europeans" or "European 25m Championships") are a swimming meet, organized by LEN. The meet features swimmers from Europe, competing in events ...

, earning the gold medal in the 200 metre butterfly with a time of 1:51.11 in the final of the event. LEN (5 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 200m Butterfly Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 5 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (5 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 5 November 2021. On the fifth day, Milák swam a near-best time of 47.16 seconds in the 100 metre freestyle prelims heats and advanced to the semifinals ranking tenth amongst the swimmers who qualified for the semifinals and fourteenth overall. LEN (6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 6 November 2021. He followed up his morning time with a 47.08 in the evening semifinals, placing ninth and earning the designation of alternate for the final. LEN (6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Freestyle Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

2022

2022 World Championships

At the

2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FINA banned both the Russian an ...

in Budapest in June and July, Milák split the second-fastest time of all finals relays swimmers in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay with a time of 46.89 seconds to help place fifth in 3:11.24.

(18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 2 July 2022. Three days later, in the final of the 200 metre butterfly, he lowered his own

in the event to a 1:50.34 and won the gold medal, finishing 3.03 seconds ahead of the silver medalist Léon Marchand of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

(21 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Butterfly Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 2 July 2022.Reindel, Jim (22 June 2022)
"Kristof Milak crushes own world record in front of Hungarian home crowd"
'' Infobae''. Retrieved 2 July 2022."Milak gana el 200 mariposa con un récord del mundo"
(in Spanish). '' Córdoba''. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022. Swimming the anchor leg of the 4×200 metre freestyle relay in the final two days later, he split a 1:44.68 to help achieve a time of 7:06.27 and fifth-place finish.

(23 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 2 July 2022. The following day, he won a gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.14 seconds, finishing eight-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist

Naoki Mizunuma is a Japanese swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 J ...

of Japan.

(24 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 2 July 2022."Hungary's Milak wins men's 100m butterfly at FINA worlds"
'' China Internet Information Center''. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

For the

2022 European Aquatics Championships The 2022 European Aquatics Championships took place in Rome, Italy, from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event exactly coincided with, but was not officially part of, the 2022 European Championships. This diverged from the joined format of the 2018 ...

, held in August in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

, Milák entered to compete in the 100 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, 100 metre butterfly, and 200 metre butterfly individual events."The Hungarian swimming team ready for Roma 2022. Aces Milák and Hosszú expected to shine"
''roma2022.eu''. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022. On the first day of competition, he won a gold medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:44.42 for the anchor leg of the relay to contribute to the final mark, and new Hungarian record, of 7:05.38. LEN (11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x200m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
(in Spanish). '' ANSA Latina''. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022."El húngaro Milak interrumpe la fiesta italiana"
(in Spanish). '' Infobae''. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022. The next day he qualified for the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle, ranking twelfth in the preliminaries with a time of 48.88 seconds. LEN (12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022. In the semifinals, he swam a personal best time of 47.76 seconds, qualifying for the final ranking second by two-tenths of a second ahead of third-ranked

Alessandro Miressi Alessandro Miressi (born 2 October 1998) is an Italian swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×100 metre freestyle relay and an Italian record holder in the long course and short course 100 metre freestyle. In the long cours ...

of Italy. LEN (12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Freestyle Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
(in Hungarian). ''

Origo Origo may refer to: * ''Origo'' (album), an album by the band Burst * ''Origo'' (moth), a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae * Origo (pragmatics), a concept in pragmatics * "Origo" (song), the Hungarian representative for the Eurovision Song C ...

''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022. Day three, he started off with a 51.82 in the preliminaries of the 100 metre butterfly, qualifying for the semifinals ranking third. LEN (13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Butterfly Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022. Starting off the evening session, he won the silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a Hungarian record time of 47.47 seconds."Europei di nuoto Roma, risultati in diretta: sincro, Minisini e Ruggiero oro nel duo misto libero. Bronzo a Cerruti e Ferro"
(in Italian). ''

la Repubblica ''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnol ...

''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Úszó Eb: Milák ezüstérmes 100 gyorson, Popovici világcsúccsal nyert"
(in Hungarian). ''

Nemzeti Sport ''Nemzeti Sport'' (the title means "National Sport") is a Hungarian sports daily. History and profile ''Nemzeti Sport'' was founded in 1903. The paper is owned by Ringier of Switzerland. It is frequently cited by quality English-language media The ...

''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022. Finishing off the session, he swam a 51.01 in the semifinals of the 100 metre butterfly, qualifying for the final ranking first. LEN (13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Butterfly Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022. Day four, Milák ranked first in the morning prelims heats of the 200 metre freestyle, qualifying for the semifinals with a time of 1:46.26. LEN (14 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 14 August 2022. Later in the morning session, he anchored the 4×100 metre freestyle relay with a 48.84 to help qualify the relay to the final ranking first. LEN (14 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 14 August 2022. Starting off the evening session, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.33 seconds. LEN (14 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Butterfly Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 14 August 2022."EP plivanje: Milak obranio zlato na 100m leptir"
(in Croatian). ''

Glas Istre ''Glas Istre'' () is a Croatian regional daily newspaper published in Pula which mainly covers stories of interest from the Istria region in the northwest of the country. Established in 1943 as a regional newsletter of the Yugoslav Partisans, the ...

''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Hungary's Kristof Milak claims men's 100m butterfly gold in Euros"
''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022. Approximately 15 minutes later, he placed tenth in the semifinals of the 200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:47.37. LEN (14 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Freestyle Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 14 August 2022. About an hour after that, he won a silver medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, splitting a 47.24 for the anchor leg of the relay to help finish in 3:12.43. LEN (14 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Ezüstérmes lett a 4x100 méteres férfi gyorsváltó az Európa-bajnokságon"
(in Hungarian). ''

Híradó ''Híradó'' (or often ''M1 Híradó'' for clarity, means ''News Station'' or ''M1 News'') is the main news program of MTVA, the Hungarian public broadcaster. It was broadcast daily on M1 at 19:30 before 15 March 2015. Since then M1 became a ...

''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022. In the preliminaries of the 200 metre butterfly the next morning, he swam a 1:54.97 and qualified for the semifinals ranking first. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Butterfly Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022."Milák: Ez nem volt egy komoly úszás, délutánra összekaparom magam"
(in Hungarian). ''24.hu''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. He sped up to a 1:53.97 in the semifinals to qualify for the final ranking first. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Butterfly Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. He won his third gold medal of the Championships the following day, finishing first in the 200 metre butterfly with a time of 1:52.01, which was 2.77 seconds ahead of silver medalist and fellow Hungarian

Richárd Márton Richárd Márton (born 7 October 1999) is a Hungarian swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held f ...

. LEN (16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Butterfly Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 16 August 2022.Pérez, Marta (16 August 2022)

(in Spanish). '' Mundo Deportivo''. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Milák has won at Swimming World Cup circuits."Kristof Milak: Medals"
''

''. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

World records

World junior records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

World records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Continental and national records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Awards

* '' SwimSwam'', Top 100 (Men's): 2021 (#9),Anderson, Jared (5 February 2021)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Men's #10 — #1"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. 2022 (#5)Sutherland, James (24 January 2022)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Men's #10-1"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 24 January 2022. * ''

'', Newcomer of the Year: 2017Rieder, David (26 December 2017)
"Swimming World's Newcomers of the Year: Li Bingjie and Kristof Milak"
''

''. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

References

External links

*
Individual statistics, Milák Kristóf
at the-sports.org
MILAK, Kristof (2000)
at swimrankings.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Milak, Kristof 2000 births Living people Hungarian male swimmers Swimmers from Budapest World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Male butterfly swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics World record holders in swimming Youth Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Hungarian people

Career

2016

2017: Butterfly lift-off

2017 European Junior Championships

2017 World Championships

2017 World Junior Championships

2018: A year golden in fly and free

2018 Spring National and European Junior Championships

2018 European Championships

2018 Summer Youth Olympics

2018 Winter National Championships

2019: Toppling a decade-old world record

2019 World Championships

International Swimming League

2020: COVID-19 sidelines Milák

International Swimming League

2021: Milák springs back

2021 Spring National Championships

2020 European Championships

2020 Summer Olympics

International Swimming League

2021 Swimming World Cup: Budapest

2021 European Short Course Championships

2022

2022 World Championships

2022 European Aquatics Championships

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

World records

World junior records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

World records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Continental and national records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Awards

See also

References

External links