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

• World record progression 200m medley
• World record progression 400m medley

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