Dániel Gyurta

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Dániel Gyurta
Personal information
Full name Dániel Gyurta
Nickname(s) "Dani"
National team  Hungary
Born (1989-05-04) 4 May 1989 (age 34)
Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Újpesti TE

Dániel Gyurta (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdaːniɛl ˈɟurtɒ]; born 4 May 1989)[1] is a Hungarian competitive swimmer who mainly competes in the 200-metre breaststroke.

Biography

Gyurta was born in Budapest. When he was 15 years old, he won a silver medal (with 2.10.80) in the men's 200-metre breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

His coaches are Sándor Széles, Ferenc Kovácshegyi and Balázs Virth. On August 12, 2008 he set an Olympic record in the preliminaries of the 200-metre breaststroke at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing.[2] His record was broken one day later by Kitajima in the semi-finals. Gyurta finished fifth in the final.

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships he won gold medal in 200 m breaststroke, edging out Eric Shanteau in the last meters. He was named Hungarian Sportsman of the year for this achievement.

Two years later Gyurta successfully retained the gold medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, thus becoming only the second man to defend the world title on 200 metre breaststroke after David Wilkie of Great Britain,[3] who won the first two world titles, in 1973 and 1975.

At the 2012 London Olympics he won the gold medal and set a new world record for the 200m breaststroke.[4] After the race, he offered a replica of his Olympic medal to the parents of his former competitor Alexander Dale Oen in tribute to him, a gesture much appreciated by Dale's family. Dale died 30 April 2012, only a few months before the Games began.[5][6] Later, Gyurta received the international Fair Play Award from UNESCO, in respect of his medal tribute of a fallen fellow breaststroker: Alexander Dale Oen.[7][8]

Personal bests

In long course swim pools Gyurta's bests are:

  • 100 m breaststroke: 59.53 (29 July 2012, London)
  • 200 m breaststroke: 2:07.23 (2 August 2013, Barcelona) Championship Record

References

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Records
Preceded by World Record Holder
Men's 200 Breaststroke

1 August 2012 – 15 September 2012
Succeeded by
Akihiro Yamaguchi
Preceded by World Record Holder
Men's 200 Breaststroke (25m)

13 December 2009–present
Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Hungarian Sportsman of The Year
2009
2012, 2013
Succeeded by
Krisztián Berki
Krisztián Berki
Preceded by European Swimmer of the Year
2013
Succeeded by
Adam Peaty