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Hubert Kós

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The native form of this personal name is Kós Hubert. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Hubert Kós (born 28 March 2003) is a Hungarian swimmer and a member of the Arizona State Sun Devils swim team. He is a world junior record holder in the 200 metre individual medley and an Olympic champion in the 200 metre backstroke. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley. At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, he won the gold medal in the 200 metre individual medley. In 2023, he won the bronze medal in the 200 yard backstroke at the year's men's NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. In 2024, he won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Hubert Kós
Kós in 2023
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 21)[2][3]
Telki, Hungary
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, butterfly, medley
ClubBVSC-Zugló
College teamArizona State University[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 200 m backstroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 200 m backstroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2024 Belgrade 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2024 Belgrade 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2024 Belgrade 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2024 Belgrade 4 × 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Belgrade 4 × 100 m mixed medley
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kazan 400 m medley
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place 2019 Baku 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2019 Baku 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2019 Baku 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2019 Baku 400 m medley

Early life

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Kós has family links to County Kerry in southwest Ireland, and has visited there several times since he was a boy.[4] His paternal grandmother is Irish, while his paternal grandfather is Hungarian who emigrated to Ireland with his family at the age of 6 in 1946. Kós' father spent his childhood in Cork.[5]

He has two younger siblings: a brother, Olivér, who is also a swimmer, and a sister, Allison. He studied at the American International School of Budapest.[6]

Career

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2021–2022

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In the semifinals of the men's 200 metre individual medley event of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, Kós set a new World Junior Record with a time of 1:56.99.[7][8] He competed in the men's 200 metre individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9] At the 2021 European Short Course Championships, conducted at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia, he won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:03.16.[10][11][12] Two days earlier at the Championships, he placed fourth in the final of the 200 metre individual medley with a European junior record time of 1:52.87.[13][14]

At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in Rome, Italy, 19-year-old Kós won the gold medal in the 200 metre individual medley with a time of 1:57.72.[15][16][17] Earlier in the competition, he placed fourth in the final of the 100 metre butterfly with a personal best time of 51.33 seconds.[18] In November, at the 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships in Kaposvár, he set his first Hungarian record in the final of the 100 metre individual medley to win the national title with a time of 52.82 seconds.[19][20][21][22]

2023

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On 3 March, at the 2023 Pac-12 Conference Championships at King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, United States, Kós won the bronze medal in the 400 yard individual medley with a time of 3:37.68.[23][24] The day before, he placed tenth overall, second in the b-final, in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 1:42.37.[25] Day four of four overall, 4 March, he placed fourth in the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 1:39.21, which was 2.27 seconds behind gold medalist Destin Lasco of the California Golden Bears.[26][27]

As a freshman (first year) at the 2023 NCAA Division I Championships later in the month, Kós started by taking third-place in the b-final of the 200 yard individual medley on day two with a personal best time of 1:41.61 to contribute to a b-final podium sweep by Arizona State Sun Devils swimmers (9th, 10th, 11th overall).[28][29] The next day, he placed fourth in the evening final of the 400 yard individual medley, finishing 8.18 seconds behind gold medalist and Sun Devils teammate Léon Marchand with a time of 3:37.00, which followed a personal best time of 3:36.86 in the morning preliminaries that qualified him for the final ranking fourth.[30][31] On the fourth and final day, he won the first NCAA Championships medal of his collegiate career in the 200 yard backstroke, winning the bronze medal with a personal best time of 1:37.96.[32][33]

At the 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series in April in Westmont, United States, Kós placed fourth in the 100 metre backstroke on day three with a personal best time of 53.83 seconds.[34] This followed a fourth-place finish in the 400 metre individual medley on day two with a time of 4:14.08.[35] On the fourth and final day, he achieved a personal best time of 1:56.28 in the preliminaries of the 200 metre backstroke, qualifying for the final ranking first, before going on to win the final in a personal best and 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 1:55.95, which was 1.02 seconds faster than the next-fastest competitor.[36][37]

Swimming World Cup circuits

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The following medals Kós has won at Swimming World Cup circuits.[38]

Edition Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals Total
2021 1 2 3 6
2022 0 1 2 3
Total 1 3 5 9

Personal best times

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Long course metres (50 m pool)

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Event Time Meet Location Date Age Notes Ref
100 m backstroke 53.83 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series - Westmont Westmont, United States 14 April 2023 20 [34]
200 m backstroke 1:55.95 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series - Westmont Westmont, United States 15 April 2023 20 [37]
100 m butterfly 51.33 2022 European Aquatics Championships Rome, Italy 14 August 2022 19 [18]
200 m individual medley 1:56.99 sf 2020 European Aquatics Championships Budapest 19 May 2021 18 WJ [7]
400 m individual medley 4:13.50 2022 Hungarian National Championships Debrecen 22 April 2022 19 [39]
Legend: WJ – World junior record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course metres (25 m pool)

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Event Time Meet Location Date Age Notes Ref
100 m backstroke 51.81 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships Kaposvár 17 November 2022 19 [40]
200 m backstroke 1:52.45 2022 Swimming World Cup Indianapolis, United States 3 November 2022 19 [41]
50 m butterfly 23.79 † 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships Kaposvár 19 November 2022 19 [42]
100 m butterfly 51.48 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships Kaposvár 19 November 2022 19 [42]
200 m butterfly 1:53.97 2021 Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany 2 October 2021 18 [43]
100 m individual medley 52.82 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships Kaposvár 17 November 2022 19 NR [19]
200 m individual medley 1:52.87 2021 European Short Course Championships Kazan, Russia 5 November 2021 18 EJ [13][14]
400 m individual medley 4:03.16 2021 European Short Course Championships Kazan, Russia 7 November 2021 18 [10][11][12]
Legend: NR – Hungarian record; EJ – European junior record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

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Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref
200 yd backstroke 1:37.96 2023 NCAA Division I Championships Minneapolis, United States 25 March 2023 19 [33]
200 yd individual medley 1:41.61 b 2023 NCAA Division I Championships Minneapolis, United States 23 March 2023 19 [28]
400 yd individual medley 3:36.86 h 2023 NCAA Division I Championships Minneapolis, United States 24 March 2023 19 [30]

Legend: b – b-final; h – preliminary heat

Records

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National records

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Short course metres (25 m pool)

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No. Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref
1 100 m individual medley 52.82 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships Kaposvár 17 November 2022 19 [19][20][21][22]

World junior records

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Long course metres (50 m pool)

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No. Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref
1 200 m individual medley 1:56.99 sf 2020 European Aquatics Championships Budapest 19 May 2021 18 [7][8]

Legend: sf – semifinal

References

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