Nikolett Pádár (born 30 March 2006) is a Hungarian competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. She is a Hungarian record holder in the short course 4×100-metre freestyle relay. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships, she placed fifth in the 200-metre freestyle. At the

2022 European Aquatics Championships The 2022 European Aquatics Championships took place in Rome, Italy, from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event exactly coincided with, but was not officially part of, the 2022 European Championships. This diverged from the joined format of the 2018 Eu ...

(

long course An Olympic-size swimming pool is a swimming pool which conforms to the regulations for length, breadth, and depth made by World Aquatics (formerly FINA) for swimming at the Summer Olympics and the swimming events at the World Aquatics Champion ...

), she placed eighth in the final of the 200-metre freestyle and won a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. She is five-time World Junior Championships gold medalist, winning gold medals in the 100-metre freestyle, 200-metre freestyle, 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay at the 2022 World Junior Championships. She is a ten-time medalist at the European Junior Championships, including winning the European junior title in the 200-metre freestyle in

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

and

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

and the 100-metre freestyle in 2022.

Background

Pádár was born 30 March 2006 in

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

and competes for Szegedi Úszó Egylet in regional and national competitions."Pádár Nikolett"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. Retrieved 22 July 2022. She trains locally at a pool in Szeged, with multiple sessions in the pool a day.Fülöp, Tímea (14 July 2022)
"Szegedi Sikersztorik: Pádár Nikolett a következő Hosszú Katinka? Exkluzív interjú a szegedi úszóval, aki szinte verhetetlen a medencében"
(in Hungarian). ''szeged365.hu''. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

Career

2021

At the

2021 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from 6 to 11 July 2021 in Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazi ...

, held starting 6 July in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto The Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto (Olympic Swimming Stadium) is an aquatics centre at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. Inaugurated in 1959, it was designed by the architects Enrico Del Debbio and Annibale Vitellozzi to host the swimming, diving, w ...

, Pádár won the gold medal in the 200-metre freestyle with a time of 1:59.38.Bruckner, Vince (9 July 2021)
"Úszás: Pádár Nikoletta nyert 200 m gyorson a római junior Eb-n"
(in Hungarian). ''

Nemzeti Sport ''Nemzeti Sport'' (, ) is a Hungarian sports daily. History and profile ''Nemzeti Sport'' was founded in 1903. It is frequently cited by quality English-language media The paper is published in broadsheet format. Between the World War I and Worl ...

''. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022."Pádár Nikolett Óriási Hajrával Aranyérmes"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022."Pádár Nikoletta aranyérmet nyert 200 méter gyorson a Rómában zajló junior úszó Európa-bajnokság pénteki versenynapján"
(in Hungarian). ''

Origo Origo may refer to: * ''Origo'' (album), an album by the band Burst * ''Origo'' (moth), a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae *Origo (pragmatics), a concept in pragmatics * "Origo" (song), by Joci Pápai, representing Hungary in the Eurovision ...

''. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022."Pádár Nikolett junior Európa-bajnok 200 méter gyorson!"
(in Hungarian). ''szeged.hu''. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022. She also won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, placed fourth in the 4×100-metre medley relay for her contributions swimming freestyle on the preliminaries relay, and placed tenth in the 100-metre freestyle. LEN (12 July 2021)
"LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rome - Italy: Complete Results Book"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 22 July 2022. In November of the same year, she placed fifth in the final of the 200-metre freestyle at the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships, held at the

Palace of Water Sports The Palace of Water Sports (; ) is an indoor aquatics centre in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia which was built for the 2013 Summer Universiade. Located on the banks of the Kazanka River, the competitions in synchronized swimming, diving, swimming and ...

Kazan Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

, with a time of 1:56.14 in the final after progressing through preliminaries with a time of 1:57.02 and semifinals with a time of 1:56.31. LEN (7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Complete Results Book"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 22 July 2022.Garai Szakács László (7 November 2021)
"Óriási szegedi egyéni csúcs Kazanyban: Pádár Nikoletta fantasztikusan versenyzett 200 méter gyorson is"
(in Hungarian). ''szeged.hu''. Retrieved 22 July 2022. She also placed 15th in the 100-metre freestyle, 34th in the 100-metre individual medley, and 42nd in the 50-metre freestyle. The following month, at the 2021 World Short Course Championships, in

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

with swimming contested at

Etihad Arena Etihad Arena (initially known as Yas Bay Arena while under construction) is an indoor arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, located on the Yas Bay Waterfront district of Yas Island. Designed by HOK, the capacity of the venue is 18,000 and it ...

, Pádár helped achieve a Hungarian record in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay with a time of 3:36.20 in the preliminaries, qualifying for the final ranking seventh before placing seventh in the final with a time of 3:36.94."A 15 éves Pádár Nikolettel felálló 4×100 méteres gyorsváltó a hetedik helyen zárt a döntőben az Abu-Dzabiban zajló rövid pályás felnőtt-világbajnokságon"
(in Hungarian). ''utanpotlassport.hu''. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

FINA World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (; ), is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in List of water sports, water sports. It is one of several interna ...

(21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Abu Dhabi (UAE): Results Book"
''

Omega Timing Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''Louis Brandt et Fils'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...

''. Retrieved 22 July 2022. She also placed fifth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, swimming the third leg of the relay in both the preliminaries and the final, and placed 23rd in the 200-metre freestyle with a time of 1:59.43.

2022

For the 200-metre freestyle at the 2022 Hungarian National Championships in

Debrecen Debrecen ( ; ; ; ) is Hungary's cities of Hungary, second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain Regions of Hungary, region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the large ...

in April, Pádár won the event with a personal best time of 1:57.91 and qualified for the

2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. These championships included five disciplines, with high diving not staged for this edi ...

in the event at of age."Pádár Nikolett és Holló Balázs is világbajnoki szinttel nyert a debreceni úszó-ob-n"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.Kerényi, Ervin (29 April 2022)
"„Célom, hogy világklasszis legyek” - a 16 éves Pádár Nikolett már magyar bajnokként készül a vb-re"
(in Hungarian). '' M4 Sport''. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

2022 World Aquatics Championships

On the first day of pool swimming competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, Pádár helped achieve an eighth-place finish in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, swimming the first 100 metres portion of the relay in 55.16 seconds to contribute to the final time of 3:38.20.

(18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 22 July 2022.Kibédi, Péter (23 June 2022)
"Pádár Nikolett első felnőtt világbajnokságán is bizonyította tehetségét"
(in Hungarian). ''szegedma.hu''. Retrieved 22 July 2022. Two days later, she placed 18th in the 200-metre freestyle with a time of 1:58.90.

(20 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 22 July 2022. In her third and final event, the 4×200-metre freestyle relay on the fifth day, she contributed a lead-off time of 1:58.01 to the time of 7:57.90 in the final to help place fifth in the event.

(22 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 22 July 2022.Vass, Imre (22 June 2022)
"Pádár Nikolett ismét vb-döntős a váltóval"
(in Hungarian). ''szeged.hu''. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

2022 European Junior Championships

On 5 July, at the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships hosted by

Otopeni Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, neighbouring the north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 21,750 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city. H ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

in July, Pádár started off with an eighth-place finish in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, swimming a 55.37 for the lead-off leg of the relay. LEN (10 July 2022)
"Romania 2022: LEN European Junior Swimming Championships: Complete Results Book"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 22 July 2022. The following day, day two of competition, she won the gold medal in the 200-metre freestyle for her second consecutive title in the event, finishing in a time of 1:58.43."A magyar úszók remekelnek a junior Európa-bajnokságon"
(in Hungarian). ''24.hu''. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.Fülöp, Tímea (7 July 2022)
"Pádár Nikolett ma is letarolta a mezőnyt: újabb aranyat szerzett a bukaresti junior úszó Európa-bajnokságon"
(in Hungarian). ''szeged365.hu''. Retrieved 22 July 2022. Later in the finals session, she won a gold medal as part of the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, splitting a time of 54.28 seconds for the third leg of the relay.
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022. The third day, she swam the fourth leg of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay in a time of 1:57.29 to help achieve a finish in 7:59.04 and win the gold medal in the event.Adami, Davide (7 July 2022)
"Nuoto, Europei giovanili 2022: Spediacci e 4×200 sl donne d'argento! Curtis conquista il bronzo nei 50 sl"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 22 July 2022.Pérez, Marta (7 July 2022)

(in Spanish). ''

Mundo Deportivo ''Mundo Deportivo'' (; ) is a Spanish nationwide daily sports newspaper published in Barcelona. History and profile ''Mundo Deportivo'' was first published on 1 February 1906, as a weekly newspaper, and since 1929 daily. It is the oldest sports ...

''. Retrieved 22 July 2022. Day four, in her fifth event of the Championships, Pádár swam the freestyle leg of the 4×100-metre medley relay in 54.95 seconds to help place fourth in a time of 3:54.47. The fifth day, 9 July, she won the gold medal in the 100-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 54.69 seconds, finishing 0.51 seconds ahead of silver medalist Dóra Molnár, also of Hungary, 0.65 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Roos Vanotterdijk of

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

, and a little over one second slower than the Hungarian record of 53.64 seconds set by

Katinka Hosszú Katinka Hosszú (; born 3 May 1989) is a Hungarian former competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer specialized in individual medley events. She is a three-time Olympic champion and a nine-time long-course world champion. She is the owner of a Budap ...

.Kisházi, Sándor (9 July 2022)
"Pádár Nikolett 100 méter gyorson is ifjúsági Európa-bajnok!"
(in Hungarian). ''szeged365.hu''. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022."Zwemtalent Roos Vanotterdijk voegt extra brons toe aan medailleoogst op EK junioren"
(in Dutch). ''

Sporza Sporza is a multimedia brand of Belgian public-service radio and television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rath ...

''. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.Zádori, Bence (10 July 2022)
"Pádár Nikolett újabb számban lett Európa-bajnok"
(in Hungarian). ''szegedma.hu''. Retrieved 22 July 2022. The sixth and final day, she won the bronze medal in the 400-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 4:12.04 for her first event of the finals session.Pérez, Marta (10 July 2022)

(in Spanish). ''

''. Retrieved 22 July 2022. In her eighth and final event of the Championships, she won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, anchoring the relay with a time of 54.04 seconds to finish in 4:05.48.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

Pádár was announced to the official

roster for Team Hungary in late July."The Hungarian swimming team ready for Roma 2022. Aces Milák and Hosszú expected to shine"
''roma2022.eu''. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022. Day one of swimming, contested at

Foro Italico Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy, on the slopes of Monte Mario. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini (literally Benito Mussolini, Mussolini's Forum (Roman), Forum) under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, lat ...

in Rome, Italy, she swam a time of 55.66 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100-metre freestyle, qualifying for the semifinals ranking thirteenth overall. LEN (11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Freestyle Women Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022. She withdrew from further competition in the event prior to the semifinal heats. LEN (11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Freestyle Women Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022."Valentine Dumont et Roos Vanotterdijk éliminées en demi-finales du 100 m libre à l'Euro de Rome"
(in French). ''

RTBF The ("Belgian Radio-television of the French Community"), shortened to RTBF (branded as rtbf.be), is a public broadcasting, public service broadcaster for the French Community of Belgium, French-speaking Community of Belgium. Its counterpart i ...

''. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022. In the evening session, she led-off the 4×200-metre freestyle relay in the final with a 1:58.52, helping win the bronze medal in a time of 7:55.73. LEN (11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x200m Freestyle Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
(in Spanish). '' ANSA Latina''. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022."Pádár Nikolett Eb-bronzérmes a váltóval!"
(in Hungarian). ''delmagyar.hu''. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022. Two days later, she ranked fifth in the prelims heats of the 200-metre freestyle, qualifying for the semifinals with a time of 1:59.62. LEN (13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Freestyle Women Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022.Fülöp, Tímea (13 August 2022)
"Ismét dagad a mellünk a büszkeségtől – Pádár Nikolett 200 méter gyorson az 5. legjobb idővel jutott elődöntőbe az úszó EB-n"
(in Hungarian). ''szeged365.hu''. Retrieved 13 August 2022. In the semifinals, she swam a personal best time of 1:57.80 and qualified for the final ranking fifth. LEN (13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Freestyle Women Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022.Cservenák, Zoltán (13 August 2022)
"Pádár Nikolett egyéni csúccsal döntős 200 méteres gyorsúszásban az Európa-bajnokságon"
(in Hungarian). ''szeged.hu''. Retrieved 13 August 2022. For her final event of the day, she led-off the 4×100-metre freestyle relay in the final with a 55.19, helping place fifth in 3:39.42. LEN (13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Úszó Eb: ötödik lett a magyar női 4x100 gyorsváltó"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Mihályvári-Farkas Viktória Európa-bajnok, Jakabos Zsuzsanna ezüstérmes az úszó-Eb-n"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022. In the final of the 200 metre freestyle the following day, she placed eighth with a time of 1:58.87. LEN (14 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Freestyle Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 14 August 2022.Garai Szakács László (14 August 2022)
"Pádár Nikolett nyolcadik lett 200 méter gyorson"
(in Hungarian). ''szeged.hu''. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Nyolcadik lett a döntőben Pádár Nikolett"
(in Hungarian). ''delmagyar.hu''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022. The fifth day, Pádár contributed a split time of 54.98 seconds for the third leg of the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay in the final to help achieve a time of 3:26.54 along with

Nándor Németh Nándor Németh (born 19 November 1999) is a Hungarian swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from ...

Szebasztián Szabó Szebasztián Szabó (; born 11 March 1996) is a Hungarian swimmer. He was a world record holder in the short course 50 metre butterfly (2021 – 2024). He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships ...

, and Dóra Molnár and place seventh. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Mixed Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022."Hetedik lett a mix-váltóval Pádár Nikolett"
(in Hungarian). ''delmagyar.hu''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. She competed in the final of the 4×200-metre mixed freestyle relay on day six, splitting a 1:58.70 for the third leg to help place fourth in 7:34.55, which was 2.70 seconds behind the team from Italy that won the bronze medal. LEN (16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: 4x200m Freestyle Mixed Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

2022 World Junior Championships

In advance of the

2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships The 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships was held from 30 August to 4 September 2022 at the Videna Aquatic Center in Lima, Peru.

, starting 30 August in

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

, Pádár was one of fifteen swimmers in the Hungarian contingent who entered to compete at the Championships."8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022: Athletes"
''

''. August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.Bruckner, Vince (29 August 2022)
"Úszás: kedden rajtol az ifjúsági világbajnokság Limában"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. Retrieved 30 August 2022. For her first event, the 4×200-metre freestyle relay on day one, she helped qualify the relay to the final ranking third with a time of 8:26.65 in the preliminaries.

(30 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 30 August 2022. On the lead-off leg of the relay in the final, she swam a 1:58.37, contributing to a time of 8:04.70, and winning a gold medal.

(30 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 30 August 2022.Kibédi, Péter (31 August 2022)
"Aranyéremmel kezdte az ifi úszó világbajnokságot Pádár Nikolett"
(in Hungarian). ''szegedma.hu''. Retrieved 31 August 2022."Limában sem volt ellenfele a lányok gyorsváltójának"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022. The next morning, she ranked third in the preliminary heats of the 100-metre freestyle, qualifying for the semifinals with a time of 56.28 seconds.

(31 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 31 August 2022. In the evening, she qualified for the final of the 100-metre freestyle ranking first with a time of 55.62 seconds in the semifinals and was disqualified along with her relay teammates in the final of the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay when the third swimmer left early on their start.

(31 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

(31 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 31 August 2022."Úszás: Molnáré a második magyar arany, Mészáros ezüstérmes az ifi vb-n"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022. For her first final on day three, Pádár won the world junior title and gold medal in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 55.11 seconds.

(1 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 1 September 2022."Egyéniben és a vegyesváltóval is junior világbajnok lett Pádár Nikolett"
(in Hungarian). ''delmagyar.hu''. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022."Két arany, egy ezüst – és már vezetjük is az éremtáblát"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022."Kér arany, egy ezüst, újra Magyarország a világbajnoki éremtábla tetején"
(in Hungarian). ''index.hu''. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022. In her second final of the evening, she split a 54.41 for the third leg of the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, contributing to a gold medal-winning time of 3:30.03.

(1 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 1 September 2022. Splitting a 57.00 for the second leg of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay in the preliminaries two days later, she helped qualify for the final ranking second with a time of 3:51.04.

(3 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 3 September 2022. She helped win the gold medal in the final, contributing to the final mark of 3:41.94 with a time of 54.90 seconds for the second leg of the relay.

(3 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 3 September 2022.Nikolényi, Gábor Viktor (4 September 2022)
"Megállíthatatlan: a szegedi Pádár Nikolett újabb vb-címet szerzett!"
(in Hungarian). ''szegedma.hu''. Retrieved 4 September 2022."Újabb két arany, visszaelőzés"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022."Úszás: Komoróczy nyert 50 m háton, újabb váltósiker az ifi vb-n"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022. On the sixth and final day, she tied Giulia Vetrano of Italy for first-rank in the morning preliminaries of the 200-metre freestyle with a 2:02.00, qualifying for the final.

(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 4 September 2022. In the evening final, she won the gold medal, this time sharing the podium with Giulia Vetrano, who finished 1.35 seconds behind her time of 1:58.19 to win the bronze medal.

(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 4 September 2022.Bence, Zádori (5 September 2022)
"Pádár Nikolett ötödjére is aranyérmes"
(in Hungarian). ''szegedma.hu''. Retrieved 5 September 2022."Pádár Niki az egész vb legjobbja, második hely az éremtáblán"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022. A little over 30 minutes later, she anchored the 4×100-metre medley relay with a time of 55.13, which was the fastest freestyle time of all relay teams in the final, helping place fourth in 4:09.33.

(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

2022 Hungarian Short Course Championships

In the morning preliminary heats on the first day of the 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships in November in

Kaposvár Kaposvár (; also known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in southwestern Hungary, south of Lake Balaton. It is one of the leading cities of Transdanubia, the capital of Somogy County, and the seat of the Kaposvár District and th ...

, Pádár dropped over seven full seconds from her personal best time in the 400-metre freestyle with a time of 4:04.12."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Előfutam Abs. Eredmény: 400 m női gyors"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022. For the evening finals session, she won two silver medals, the first in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 54.09 seconds and the second in the 400-metre freestyle with a time of 4:05.39."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 100 m női gyors"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 400 m női gyors"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022. The following day, she finished in a personal best time of 25.39 seconds in the 50-metre freestyle to place fourth in the final."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 50 m női gyors"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022. On the third day, she won the gold medal and national title in the 200-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 1:54.58, which was the only time by a female swimmer in the race faster than 1:55.00."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 200 m női gyors"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022. In early December, she lowered her time in the 100-metre freestyle to a 54.07 on day one of the 2022 Hungarian Junior National Short Course Championships, held in

, to win the gold medal and finish 0.02 seconds away from her personal best time of 54.05 from 2021."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 100 m női gyors"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023. The following day, she won the gold medal and set a new age group record for Hungarian girls 16 years of age in the 50-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 25.06 seconds."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 50 m női gyors"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023."Komoróczy Lora a harmadik aranyérmét nyerte az utánpótlás rövid pályás ob-n"
(in Hungarian). ''utanpotlassport.hu''. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023. She also achieved a new personal best time in the 100-metre individual medley on day four, where she finished 0.33 seconds behind gold medalist Lora Komoróczy with a 1:02.41 to win the silver medal."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 100 m női vegyes"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

2023

At the long course 2023 Hungarian National Championships in April in Kaposvár, Pádár won the national title in the 200-metre freestyle with a

2023 World Aquatics Championships The 2023 World Aquatics Championships, the 20th edition of the World Aquatics Championships, were held in Fukuoka, Japan, from 14 to 30 July 2023. Originally scheduled to be held in 2021 as the 19th championships, the championships were postpo ...

qualifying time of 1:57.81.Kovács, Erika (21 April 2023)
"Úszás: Pádár Nikolett megvédte címét 200 gyorson az ob-n"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

International championships (50 m)

: Pádár swam only in the prelims heats.

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Legend: sf – semifinal

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Legend: sf – semifinal; h – preliminaries heat

National records

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Legend: h – preliminaries heat

Awards and honours

* M4 Sport, Hungarian Youth Athlete of the Year (female): 2022"Varga Ádám és Pádár Nikolett 2022 legjobb utánpótláskorú sportolója"
(in Hungarian). '' M4 Sport''. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023. * M4 Sport, Hungarian Youth Athletes Performance of the Year (individual sports, women's team): 2022 (4×100-metre freestyle relay and 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2022 World Junior Championships) * M4 Sport, Hungarian Youth Athletes Performance of the Year (individual sports, mixed team): 2022 (4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay at the 2022 World Junior Championships)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Padar, Nikolett 2006 births Living people Swimmers from Szeged Hungarian female freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Hungary Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)