Kristóf Rasovszky (born 27 March 1997) is a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He represented his country at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim in 2020 and the gold medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim in 2024.
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Born | 27 March 1997 Veszprém, Hungary |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Sport | Open water swimming |
| Event(s) | 5 km, 10 km, 25 km |
Medal record | |
Career
editRasovszky competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] He won the 5 kilometre and the 25 kilometre open water swim in the 2018 European Aquatics Championships. He won the 5 kilometre open water swim in the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the team relay event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Later in the year, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and contested in Tokyo, Japan, he won a silver medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 1:48:59.0.[2]
At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in August in Rome, Italy, Rasovszky helped achieve a finish in 59:53.9 in the open water mixed team relay, anchoring the relay to a silver medal victory only behind the gold medal-winning team from Italy.[3]
Following a fourth-place finish in the 10 kilometre open water swam at the third leg of the 2022 FINA Marathon Swim World Series, held later the same month as the European Championships at Lake Mégantic in Lac-Mégantic, Canada, Rasovszky ranked first based on his results from the first three legs of the World Series circuit.[4][5] At the fifth and final leg of the World Series, held three months later in Eilat Israel, he placed fourth in the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 1:46:45.40 and tied Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy for the overall highest-scoring male competitor spot.[6]
At the second leg of the 2023 FINA Open Water Tour, held in May in Golfo Aranci, Italy, Rasovszky won the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 1:47:17.60, sharing the podium with Domenico Acerenza of Italy (silver medalist) and Oliver Klemet of Germany (bronze medalist).[7] One leg earlier, held also in May only in Egypt, he placed fourth in the same event with a time of 1:52:55.00.[8] Later in the month, on the second day of the tour leg in Setúbal, Portugal, he contributed to a final time of 1:24:13.10 in the 4×1500 metre mixed open water relay to help win the gold medal.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Kristóf Rasovszky". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Kristóf Rasovszky Wins Hungary Silver in Tokyo After Swimming 10km". 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Ezüstérmet szerzett a magyar váltó a nyíltvízi úszók csapatversenyében" (in Hungarian). beol.hu. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 - Leg 3: Results Men 10km". FINA. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Csurka, Gergely (28 August 2022). "Nyílt vízi úszás: Betlehem Dávid első egyéni vk-dobogója" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Paltrinieri, Rasovszky share men's 10km overall title of Marathon Swim World Series". China Internet Information Center. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Nuoto acque libere, 10 km Golfo Aranci: vince Rasovszky, 2° Acerenza, 6° Paltrinieri" (in Italian). Sky Sport. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Rasovszky Kristóf 4. hellyel nyitott a Világkupában" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Albuquerque, Nuno (28 May 2023). "Caroline Jouisse e Andrea Manzi vencem Taça do Mundo em Setúbal" (in Portuguese). swimchannel.net. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
External links
edit- Kristóf Rasovszky at World Aquatics
- Kristóf Rasovszky at SwimRankings.net
- Kristóf Rasovszky at Olympics.com
- Kristóf Rasovszky at Olympedia
