Csaba Gercsák (born 19 August 1988 in
Budapest
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) is a Hungarian long-distance swimmer and Olympic participant, who won the bronze medal at the
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synch ...
in the 25 km open water event.
He has swum for Hungary in:
* Olympics:
2008
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,
2012
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*
World Championships
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: 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
*
Open Water Worlds: 2006, 2008
Awards and recognition
* Hungarian Long Distance Swimmer of the Year: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
References
External links
Profile at the Southern Illinois University Salukis official website*
1988 births
Living people
Swimmers from Budapest
Hungarian male freestyle swimmers
Hungarian male long-distance swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Hungary
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Southern Illinois Salukis men's swimmers
World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
20th-century Hungarian people
21st-century Hungarian people
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