- Dániel Gyurta
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The native form of this personal name is Gyurta Dániel. This article uses the Western name order.
Dániel Gyurta Personal information Full name Dániel Gyurta Nickname(s) Dani Nationality 
HungaryBorn May 4, 1989
BudapestHeight 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 77 kilograms (170 lb) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Breaststroke Club A Jövő SC Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for HungaryOlympic Games Silver 2004 Athens 200 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) Gold 2009 Rome 200 m breaststroke Gold 2011 Shanghai 200 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) Silver 2010 Dubai 200 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) Gold 2010 Budapest 200 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) Gold 2006 Helsinki 200 m breaststroke Gold 2007 Debrecen 200 m breaststroke Gold 2009 Istanbul 200 m breaststroke Silver 2009 Istanbul 100 m breaststroke Dániel Gyurta (born May 4, 1989 in Budapest)[1] is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008. Also known as Dani, he was only 15 years old when he won a silver medal (with 2.10.80) in the men's 200m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
Gyurta, unlike his rivals Brendan Hansen and Kosuke Kitajima in the 200m breaststroke in Athens, swims a relaxed and slow first 100 and sprints the second 100 meters. Hansen and Kitajima "go out hard and fast and try to hold on for comeback", but Gyurta "swims a completely different race. Goes out slowly and then comes back like a train".
On August 12, 2008 he set an Olympic record in the preliminaries of the 200m breaststroke at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing.[2] His record was broken one day later by Kitajima in the semi-finals.
At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships he won gold medal in 200m 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]
Studies
Currently studies economics at the Budapest College of Communication and Business.
References
- ^ "Dániel Gyurta Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gy/daniel-gyurta-1.html. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ Lonsbrough, Anita (12 August 2008). "Records tumble in breastroke and relays". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/swimming/2546936/Swimming-Record-tumble-in-breastroke-and-relays-Beijing-Olympics-2008.html. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "Daniel Gyurta Overtakes Kosuke Kitajima for 200 Breast Gold". Swimming World Magazine. 29 July 2011. http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/27739.asp?q=FINA-World-Championships,-Swimming:-Daniel-Gyurta-Overtakes-Kosuke-Kitajima-for-200-Breast-Gold. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
External links
- Swim Rankings profile
World Long Course Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke 1973: David Wilkie (GBR) • 1975: David Wilkie (GBR) • 1978: Nicholas Nevid (USA) • 1982: Victor Davis (CAN) • 1986: József Szabó (HUN) • 1991: Mike Barrowman (USA) • 1994: Norbert Rózsa (HUN) • 1998: Kurt Grote (USA) • 2001: Brendan Hansen (USA) • 2003: Kosuke Kitajima (JAP) • 2005: Brendan Hansen (USA) • 2007: Kosuke Kitajima (JAP) • 2009: Dániel Gyurta (HUN) • 2011: Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
European Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke 1926: Erich Rademacher (GER) • 1927: Erich Rademacher (GER) • 1931: Ivo Reingoldt (FIN) • 1934: Erwin Sietas (GER) • 1938: Joachim Balke (GER) • 1947: Roy Romain (GBR) • 1950: Herbert Klein (FRG) • 1954: Klaus Bodinger (GDR) • 1958: Leonid Kolesnikov (URS) • 1962: Georgiy Prokopenko (URS) • 1966: Georgiy Prokopenko (URS) • 1970: Klaus Katzur (GDR) • 1974: David Wilkie (GBR) • 1977: Gerald Mörken (FRG) • 1981: Robertas Žulpa (URS) • 1983: Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) • 1985: Dmitriy Volkov (URS) • 1987: József Szabó (HUN) • 1989: Nick Gillingham (GBR) • 1991: Nick Gillingham (GBR) • 1993: Nick Gillingham (GBR) • 1995: Andrey Korneyev (RUS) • 1997: Aleksandr Gukov (BLR) • 1999: Stéphan Perrot (FRA) • 2000: Dmitriy Komornikov (RUS) • 2002: Davide Rummolo (ITA) • 2004: Paolo Bossini (ITA) • 2006: Sławomir Kuczko (POL) • 2008: Grigory Falko (RUS) • 2010: Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke 1996: Aleksandr Gukov (BLR) • 1998: Adam Whitehead (GBR) • 1999 – 2000: Stéphan Perrot (FRA) • 2001: Maxim Podoprigora (AUT) • 2002: Davide Rummolo (ITA) • 2003: Ian Edmond (GBR) • 2004: Paolo Bossini (ITA) • 2005: Sławomir Kuczko (POL) • 2006 – 2007: Dániel Gyurta (HUN) • 2008: Hugues Duboscq (FRA) • 2009: Dániel Gyurta (HUN) • 2010: Marco Koch (GER)
Awards Preceded by
Attila VajdaHungarian Sportsman of The Year
2009Succeeded by
Krisztián BerkiCategories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Budapest
- Male breaststroke swimmers
- Hungarian swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Hungary
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
- World record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
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