Kristóf Rasovszky (born 27 March 1997) is a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He represented his country at the

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, and

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, winning the silver medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim in 2020 and the gold medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim in 2024.

Career

Rasovszky competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. He won the 5 kilometre and the 25 kilometre open water swim in the

2018 European Aquatics Championships The 2018 European Aquatics Championships took place in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Luss in the central belt of Scotland, from 3 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in Scot ...

. He won the 5 kilometre open water swim in the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

. In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the team relay event at the

2020 European Aquatics Championships The 2020 European Aquatics Championships (also known as the 2021 European Aquatics Championships; 35th) were scheduled to take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 24 May 2020. However, on 5 May it was announced that the event had been postpon ...

held in Budapest, Hungary. Later in the year, at the

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, held in 2021 due to the

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and contested in

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, he won a silver medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 1:48:59.0. At the

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, held in August in

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, Rasovszky helped achieve a finish in 59:53.9 in the open water mixed team relay, anchoring the relay to a silver medal victory only behind the gold medal-winning team from Italy."Ezüstérmet szerzett a magyar váltó a nyíltvízi úszók csapatversenyében"
(in Hungarian). ''beol.hu''. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022. Following a fourth-place finish in the 10 kilometre open water swam at the third leg of the 2022 FINA Marathon Swim World Series, held later the same month as the European Championships at

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in Lac-Mégantic,

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, Rasovszky ranked first based on his results from the first three legs of the World Series circuit."FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 3: Results Men 10km"
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''. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.Csurka, Gergely (28 August 2022)
"Nyílt vízi úszás: Betlehem Dávid első egyéni vk-dobogója"
(in Hungarian). ''

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''. Retrieved 28 August 2022. At the fifth and final leg of the World Series, held three months later in

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, he placed fourth in the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 1:46:45.40 and tied Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy for the overall highest-scoring male competitor spot."Paltrinieri, Rasovszky share men's 10km overall title of Marathon Swim World Series"
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''. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022. At the second leg of the 2023 FINA Open Water Tour, held in May in Golfo Aranci, Italy, Rasovszky won the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 1:47:17.60, sharing the podium with Domenico Acerenza of Italy (silver medalist) and Oliver Klemet of Germany (bronze medalist)."Nuoto acque libere, 10 km Golfo Aranci: vince Rasovszky, 2° Acerenza, 6° Paltrinieri"
(in Italian). '' Sky Sport''. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023. One leg earlier, held also in May only in

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, he placed fourth in the same event with a time of 1:52:55.00."Rasovszky Kristóf 4. hellyel nyitott a Világkupában"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023. Later in the month, on the second day of the tour leg in

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, he contributed to a final time of 1:24:13.10 in the 4×1500 metre mixed open water relay to help win the gold medal.Albuquerque, Nuno (28 May 2023)
"Caroline Jouisse e Andrea Manzi vencem Taça do Mundo em Setúbal"
(in Portuguese). ''swimchannel.net''. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rasovszky, Kristóf 1997 births Living people Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Hungary European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Veszprém World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming Hungarian male long-distance swimmers European Games competitors for Hungary Swimmers at the 2015 European Games Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen