Katinka Hosszú

The native form of this personal name is Hosszú Katinka. This article uses the Western name order.

Katinka Hosszú

230px Hosszú in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Hosszú Katinka
Nickname(s)	"Iron Lady"
National team	Hungary
Born	(1989-05-03) 3 May 1989 Pécs, Hungary
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	55.8 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, medley, backstroke, butterfly
Club	Vasas SC (2012–) Bajai Spartacus SC (–2012)
College team	University of Southern California
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Hungary Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships (LC) 5 0 4 World Championships (SC) 6 5 2 European Championships (LC) 11 5 2 European Championships (SC) 10 4 2 Total 32 14 10 World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 400 m medley 2013 Barcelona 200 m medley 2013 Barcelona 400 m medley 2015 Kazan 200 m medley 2015 Kazan 400 m medley 2009 Rome 200 m butterfly 2009 Rome 200 m medley 2013 Barcelona 200 m butterfly 2015 Kazan 200 m backstroke World Championships (SC) 2012 Istanbul 200 m butterfly 2012 Istanbul 100 m medley 2014 Doha 100 m backstroke 2014 Doha 200 m backstroke 2014 Doha 100 m medley 2014 Doha 200 m medley 2012 Istanbul 200 m freestyle 2012 Istanbul 200 m medley 2014 Doha 200 m freestyle 2014 Doha 200 m butterfly 2014 Doha 400 m medley 2012 Istanbul 400 m medley 2014 Doha 50 m backstroke European Championships (LC) 2010 Budapest 200 m butterfly 2010 Budapest 200 m medley 2010 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle 2012 Debrecen 200 m butterfly 2012 Debrecen 200 m medley 2012 Debrecen 400 m medley 2014 Berlin 100 m backstroke 2014 Berlin 200 m medley 2014 Berlin 400 m medley 2016 London 200 m backstroke 2016 London 200 m medley 2016 London 400 m medley 2016 London 4×200 m freestyle 2008 Eindhoven 400 m medley 2010 Budapest 400 m medley 2012 Debrecen 4×200 m freestyle 2014 Berlin 200 m freestyle 2016 London 100 m backstroke 2014 Berlin 200 m butterfly 2014 Berlin 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2012 Chartres 200 m butterfly 2012 Chartres 100 m medley 2012 Chartres 200 m medley 2013 Herning 200 m medley 2015 Netanya 50 m backstroke 2015 Netanya 100 m backstroke 2015 Netanya 200 m backstroke 2015 Netanya 100 m medley 2015 Netanya 200 m medley 2015 Netanya 400 m medley 2012 Chartres 400 m medley 2013 Herning 100 m medley 2013 Herning 400 m medley 2015 Netanya 400 m freestyle 2004 Vienna 400 m medley 2013 Herning 200 m backstroke

Katinka Hosszú (born 3 May 1989) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer and businesswoman. Hosszú is a five-time long-course world champion and world record holder in multiple events. She has swum at three Summer Olympics: 2004, 2008, and 2012. She currently swims for the Vasas SC, under head coach Shane Tusup. She is one of the most versatile swimmers in the world, and was nicknamed the "Iron Lady", in original Hungarian "Kruppvasnő", which she has since turned into a fast growing International brand. Hosszú holds two-thirds of the Hungarian national records and is sponsored by swimsuit brand Arena, Audi, Insurance company Groupama, and Hungarian Syrup Company Piroska. She also founded and runs Toos Sports Agency (TSA) an International Sports agency and Management Company out of Budapest, Hungary.

Swimming career

Hosszú is renowned throughout the swimming world for swimming many events well in a short space of time. She is coached by her husband, Shane Tusup, on a one-on-one basis.

She won her first medal at the 2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships, a bronze in 400m medley.

At the 2009 World Championships she won two bronze medals in 200 m medley and 200 m butterfly, before becoming World Champion in 400 m medley. She was elected Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year for her achievements.

At the 2010 European Championships held in her homecountry, she won a silver medal in 400 m medley and became European Champion in 200 m butterfly, 200 m medley and as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team.

Competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished fourth in the final of the Women's 400 Meter individual medley, with a time of 4:33.49.

At the 2013 World Championships, she pulled out of the 100m backstroke after qualifying second in the heats, to concentrate on the final of the 200m individual medley which she subsequently won with a time of 2:07.92.

File:Kazan 2015 - Hosszú swims to gold at 200m individual medley.JPG

Hosszú in Kazan 2015

At the 2013 World Cup she set world records in 100m IM, 200m IM and 400m IM, breaking 200m record two times and 100m record three times during the World Cup series.

In 2014 Hosszú broke the short course world record in the 100 m and 200 m individual backstroke and in 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m individual medley.

At the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Katinka Hosszú again dealt with a monster programme, competing in the 200m IM, 100m backstroke, 200m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 200m backstroke and 400m IM. She posted the top time in prelims of the 100m backstroke, but elected to pull out of the semi final to concentrate on the 200m IM final, a decision which ultimately paid off; she broke the tech suited world record of Ariana Kukors from 2009 in a stunning swim of 2.06.12. Hosszú's time of 58.78 in the prelims of the 100m backstroke would have earned her a bronze medal in the final, however the 200m IM final was 30 minutes after the backstroke semis and swimming it might have cost her the world record in the IM. To go along with the 200 IM performance, she won bronze in the 200 back, was 5th in the 200 free, and capped it off with a victory in the 400 IM on the last day.

Hosszú won six gold medals at the 2015 European Short Course Championships, sweeping all three backstroke and three individual medley events. She broke world records in the 100 m and 400 m individual medley.

See also

• World record progression 100 metres backstroke
• World record progression 200 metres backstroke
• World record progression 100 metres individual medley
• World record progression 200 metres individual medley
• World record progression 400 metres individual medley

External links

• Katinka Hosszú Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 10 June 2015.

Awards
Preceded by Ildikó Mincza-Nébald Éva Risztov	Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year 2009 2013 – 2015	Succeeded by Natasa Dusev-Janics Incumbent
Preceded by Ranomi Kromowidjojo	European Swimmer of the Year 2013, 2014	Succeeded by Sarah Sjöström
Preceded by Katie Ledecky	FINA Swimmer of the Year 2014, 2015	Succeeded by Incumbent
Records
Preceded by Julia Smit	Women's 200 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) 7 August 2013 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Hinkelien Schreuder	Women's 100 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) 8 August 2013 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Julia Smit Mireia Belmonte	Women's 400 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) 11 August 2013 – 3 December 2014 2 December 2015 – present	Succeeded by Mireia Belmonte Incumbent
Preceded by Shiho Sakai	Women's 100 backstroke world record holder (short course) 4 December 2014 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Missy Franklin	Women's 200 backstroke world record holder (short course) 5 December 2014 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Ariana Kukors	Women's 200 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) 3 August 2015 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Sporting positions
Preceded by Therese Alshammar	Female World Cup Overall Winner 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015	Succeeded by Incumbent