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Kristóf Milák (born 20 February 2000) is a Hungarian
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. 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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. At his first
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, the
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, he won a
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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
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. 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
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, Hungary in July, winning the gold medal in the 200 meter 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
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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"
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2017 World Championships

At the
2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.
in
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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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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"
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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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2017 World Junior Championships

On 26 August 2017, at the 2017 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in
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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.
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(26 August 2017)
"6th FINA World Junior Championships 2017 Indianapolis (USA): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
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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"
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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). ''
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In July, at the
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, 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
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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
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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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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
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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"
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Sica, James (8 October 2018)
"Y2018 Youth Olympic Games Night Two Recap: Milak Grabs Second Gold Medal In 200 Free"
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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"
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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
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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"
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In the 100 metre butterfly, Milák won his only silver medal of the meet, ranking second in the final behind
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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"
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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
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in July 2019, Milák won the gold medal and set a new
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of 1:50.73 in the 200 metre butterfly on 24 July, breaking
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' 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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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 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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International Swimming League

In 2019, Milák was member of the
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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"
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"Chad le Clos, thankfully reunited with his ISL team, flies toward a third Olympics"
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2021: Milák springs back


2021 Spring National Championships

At the
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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"
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Dornan, Ben (26 March 2021)
"Kristóf Milák Delivers 48.00 National Record At Hungarian Spring Nationals"
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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"
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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"
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2020 European Championships

At the
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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"
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Penland, Spencer (23 May 2021)
"Kristof Milak Roars To Victory With 50.18 100 Fly, #9 Performance All-Time"
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"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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in
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,
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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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He finished over one body length ahead of and more than two seconds before the second place finisher and silver medalist, Japan's Tomoru Honda.Futterman, Matthew (27 July 2021)
"Kristof Milak of Hungary dominates the 200-meter butterfly"
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In the semifinals of the 100 metre butterfly, Milák broke the Olympic record of 50.39 set by
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of the
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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"
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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"
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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
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and behind Caeleb Dressel.Keith, Braden (30 July 2021)
"Caeleb Dressel Breaks 100 Fly World Record; Milak Now #2 All-Time"
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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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International Swimming League

Milák was selected as one of the swimmers for
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in the
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, 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"
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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.
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Race, Retta (7 October 2021)
"Kristof Milak Rips Near Lifetime-Best In 100 Fly To Kick-Off Budapest"
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He also advanced to the final of the 50 metre freestyle, with a new personal best time of 21.62 seconds.
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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.
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"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
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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.
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"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
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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.
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(8 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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Race, Retta (8 October 2021)
"Milak Posts 50 Back National Record While Also Hunting 100 Free In Budapest"
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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.
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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.
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Race, Retta (8 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
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Sutherland, James (8 October 2021)
"Kristof Milak Knocks Hungarian SCM 50 Back Record Down To 23.08 In Budapest"
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Cisale, Giusy (9 October 2021)
"Kristof Milak Abbassa Il Record Ungherese 50 Metri Dorso 23.08"
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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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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.
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"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Fastest Heats Results Summary"
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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"
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Up first, in the 50 metre butterfly, he qualified ranked third for the final with his prelims time of 22.91 seconds.
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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.
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Milák just missed the podium in the final of the 50 metre butterfly, finishing fourth with a personal best time of 22.64 seconds.
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Dornan, Ben (9 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
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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.
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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"
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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"
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Byrnes, Liz (28 October 2021)
"Kristof Milak Leads 13-Strong Hungary Team On European SC Debut; Hosszu And Kapas Absent"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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
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, 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"
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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
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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.
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Three days later, in the final of the 200 metre butterfly, he lowered his own
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in the event to a 1:50.34 and won the gold medal, finishing 3.03 seconds ahead of the silver medalist
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Reindel, Jim (22 June 2022)
"Kristof Milak crushes own world record in front of Hungarian home crowd"
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"Milak gana el 200 mariposa con un récord del mundo"
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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.
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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 of Japan.
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"Hungary's Milak wins men's 100m butterfly at FINA worlds"
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2022 European Aquatics Championships

For the
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, held in August in
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, 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"
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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"
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The next day he qualified for the semifinals of the
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, 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
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of Italy. LEN (12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Freestyle Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

(in Hungarian). ''
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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). ''
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"Úszó Eb: Milák ezüstérmes 100 gyorson, Popovici világcsúccsal nyert"
(in Hungarian). ''
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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). ''
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"Hungary's Kristof Milak claims men's 100m butterfly gold in Euros"
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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). ''
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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.

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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
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. LEN (16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Butterfly Men Final"
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(in Spanish). ''
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Later in the year, at the 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Swimming Championships in November, Milák achieved a suite of personal best times including a 1:49.86 in the 200 metre butterfly and a 49.56 in the 100 metre butterfly."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 200 m férfi pillangó"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
Race, Retta (19 November 2022)
"Kristof Milak Logs 49.56 Personal Best In SCM 100 Butterfly"
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2023

At the 2023 Hungarian National Championships in April, Milák won the national title in the 200 metre butterfly on day two with a
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and 2024 Olympic qualifying time of 1:52.58."Campionati ungheresi. Kristof Milak: 200 farfalla (1.52.58). Szebasztián Szabò; 50 stile libero 21.82. Tutti i i vincitori"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
On the fourth and final day, he achieved the duo of qualifying times in the 100 metre butterfly, winning the national title with a time of 50.80 seconds."Öt olimpiai A szintes idő született a magyar úszóbajnokság zárásán"
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He also won nationals titles with 2023 World Championships qualifying times in the 100 metre freestyle, with a 48.40 on day one, and the 200 metre freestyle, with a 1:46.68 on day three."Milák legyőzte Némethet 100 gyorson; ketten is olimpiai A-szintet úsztak az ob-n"
(in Hungarian). ''
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"Nem született újabb olimpiai szintes idő az úszóknál"
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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"
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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

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2022 (#5)Sutherland, James (24 January 2022)
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"Swimming World's Newcomers of the Year: Li Bingjie and Kristof Milak"
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See also

* List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals *
List of junior world records in swimming The Junior World Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a "junior" swimmer, with junior defined as the following ages (age as of December 31 of the year of the swim): *girls - 18 years old or younger *boys - 18 years old or younger ...
*
List of European records in swimming The European records in swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing a member federation of the European Aquatics (formerly known as LEN), Europe's governing body of swimming. Records can be set in long course (50 metres) ...
*
List of world records in swimming The world records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international governing body of swimming. Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools. World Aquatics reco ...
*
World record progression 200 metres butterfly This is a history of the progression of the World Record for the Swimming (sport), Swimming event: the 200 Butterfly (swimming), Butterfly. It is a listing of the fastest-time-ever swum in the event, in both long course (50m) and Short course (s ...


References


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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Milák, Kristóf 2000 births Living people Swimmers from Budapest World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Hungarian 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 Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen Olympic swimmers for Hungary