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Boldizsár Kiss

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Boldizsár Kiss
Personal information
Full nameBoldizsár Kiss
National team Hungary
Born (1985-04-08) 8 April 1985 (age 39)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
ClubFerencvárosi TC
College teamSyracuse University (U.S.)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Hungary
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Glasgow 200 m butterfly

Boldizsár Kiss (born 8 April 1985) is a Hungarian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.[1] He won a silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2003 European Junior Swimming Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[2] Kiss is a member of the swimming team for Syracuse Orange, and a graduate of information management and technology at Syracuse University in New York.

Kiss qualified for the men's 400 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 3:57.86 from the national championships in Székesfehérvár.[3][4] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, where South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan was disqualified for a false start. He rounded out the field to last place by more than three seconds behind Brazil's Bruno Bonfim in 4:02.87. Kiss failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirty-eighth overall on the first day of preliminaries.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Boldizsár Kiss". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Three More Records Bite the Dust at Euro Junior Champs". Swimming World Magazine. 3 August 2003. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. ^ Agh, Norbert (26 June 2003). "Risztov Wins 8 Golds as Hungarian Champs End; World Champs Team Will Have World's Oldest and Youngest Men Swimmers". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. ^ Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "Men's 400 Freestyle Prelims: Hackett Edges Thorpe, Qualifies First for Final; Jensen and Keller Easily Through". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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