Tamás Deutsch (born 4 December 1969 in

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) is a male former

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from

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Swimming career

Deutsch competed in three consecutive

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for his native country, starting in

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. He won a bronze medal over 200 m at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships. Despite being of Hungarian nationality he won the ASA National British Championships 200 metres backstroke title in 1990. He competed in the 1989 Maccabiah Games, in Israel.

References

1969 births Living people Hungarian male backstroke swimmers Jewish Hungarian sportspeople Jewish swimmers Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers from Budapest World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{hungary-swimming-bio-stub