Orsolya Tompa (born July 14, 1991, in Budapest) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. She represented her nation Hungary at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, and has edged out fellow swimmer Emese Kovács to claim the 100 m butterfly title by eight hundredths of a second (0.08) at the

2007 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 18 to July 22, 2007 in Antwerp, Belgium. Medal table Medal summary Boy's events , - , 50 m freestyle , - , 100 m freestyle , - , 200 m freestyle , - , 400 m freest ...

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, with a time of 1:00.22. Tompa qualified for the Hungarian team in the women's 100 m freestyle at the

in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she posted a time of 56.81 to eclipse an insurmountable FINA B-standard (57.17) by 0.36 of a second at the European Junior Championships in Antwerp. Swimming in heat two, Tompa opened up the race with a marvelous lead, but faded down the stretch to hit the wall with a third-place time and a lifetime best in 56.57, just a hundredth of a second (0.01) behind runner-up Natthanan Junkrajang of Thailand. Tompa failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed fortieth overall in the prelims. Tompa sought to compete for the Hungarian swimming team in the women's medley relay at the

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in London, but did not show up in the prelims.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1991 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Hungarian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Budapest Hungarian female butterfly swimmers 21st-century Hungarian women 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub