Gergő Szabolcs Kis (born 19 January 1988 in

Tapolca Tapolca (; ) is a town in Veszprém County, Hungary, close to Lake Balaton. It is located at around . The town has an outer suburb, Tapolca-Diszel, approximately 5 km to the East. Etymology The origin of ''Tapolca'' is disputed, originat ...

) is a Hungarian freestyle swimmer. Kis participated in the

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in the men's 1500 m freestyle, ranking 23rd in the heats. In the 2006 European Junior Swimming Championships he won the gold medal in the 400 metres

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setting a championship record of 4:16.82, won the silver medal in the 200 meter

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, and finished 4th in the 1500 metre freestyle. In the 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships he finished third in the 400 metre freestyle and won silver in the 1500 metre freestyle. In 2008 at the

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he won the gold medal in the 800 metre freestyle held for the first time. He won a bronze medal at the

2010 European Aquatics Championships The 2010 European Aquatics Championships were held from 4–15 August 2010 in Budapest and Balatonfüred, Hungary. It was the fourth time that the city of Budapest hosted this event after 1926, 1958 and 2006. Events in swimming, diving, synch ...

in 400 metre freestyle and came fourth in 800 metre freestyle. At the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, Kis made history by becoming the first Hungarian man to win a freestyle medal at the

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, a bronze in the

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. This was considerably prominent given the successes of Hungarian swimmers in other strokes. At the

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, he competed in the 400 and 1500 m freestyle and was part of Hungary's 4 x 100 m and 4 x 200 m freestyle teams. He finished 6th in the 400 m final, 19th in the 1500 m, the 4 x 100 m team came 14th and the 4 x 200 m team came eighth in the final. At the

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, he competed in the 400 m freestyle and the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kis, Gergo 1988 births Living people People from Tapolca Hungarian male freestyle swimmers Hungarian male medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Hungary World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European champions for Hungary Sportspeople from Veszprém County 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen