László Cseh
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Swimming | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | Athens 2004 | 400m Individual Medley | |
László Cseh (born December 3, 1985), a Hungarian medley and backstroke swimmer, is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program. He is 1.88m (6 ft 2 in) tall and weighs 82 kg (180 lb).
Cseh was born in Budapest and competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He finished third in the Men's 400m Individual Medley at the time of 4:12.15, behind Michael Phelps and Erik Vendt of the USA. On December 8, 2005, in the course Trieste's Winter European Championship, he set the new world record in the 200 m Individual Medley for short course swim pools, at 1:53.46 (which was broken by Ryan Lochte, USA, at the 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships). He is the current world record holder in the 400 IM for short course swim pools with a time of 4:00.37, one and a half seconds faster than the nearest competitor.
He is coached by György Turi, Zoltán Nemes and is in the club, Köbánya Sport Club.
[edit] Achievements
- 2006 European Championships - gold medal (200m individual medley)
- 2006 European Championships - gold medal (400m individual medley)
[edit] See also
| Preceded by Ákos Braun |
Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 2006 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Swim Rankings profile
| SC | Free | Back | Breast | Fly | IM |
| 50 | |||||
| 100 | 00:49.28 | 00:51.29 | 00:52.66 | 00:57.28 | |
| 200 | 01:46.15 | 01:53.42 | 01:59.00 | 01:53.46 | |
| 400 | 03:44.19 | 04:00.37 | |||
| 800 | |||||
| 1500 |
| LC | Free | Back | Breast | Fly | IM |
| 50 | 23.61 | 25.60 | |||
| 100 | 00:51.91 | 00:54,27 | 00:53.03 | ||
| 200 | 01:50.45 | 01:56.69 | 02:16.23 | 01:57.80 | 01:57.61 |
| 400 | 04:03.45 | 04:09.63 | |||
| 800 | 08:19.99 | ||||
| 1500 | 15:51.20 |
Categories: 1985 births | Living people | Olympic swimmers of Hungary | Hungarian swimmers | Backstroke swimmers | Medley swimmers | Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary | People from Budapest | World record holders in swimming
