Krisztián Takács (born 30 December 1985 in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

) is a Hungarian swimmer, Olympic participant and the current national record holder on 50 metre freestyle. Takács set the new Hungarian record on 50m freestyle at the

2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships () or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. This was the second time the championships were held in the city after being previously hosted in 1994 World Aq ...

in Rome. First, he broke the former national record, also held by him, during the semi-final heats with a time of 21.65, finishing tied eight with

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of Trinidad and Tobago. At the end of the day the two sprinters faced again to decide the last remaining place in the final. Bovell won the swim-off with a new championship record time of 21.20 and thus qualified for the final, however, Takács also shaved off further two tenths from his time to improve the national record to 21.42.

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* 1985 births Living people Swimmers from Budapest Hungarian male freestyle swimmers Hungarian male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Games gold medalists for Hungary World Games medalists in lifesaving Medalists at the 2022 World Games 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub