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The native form of this personal name is Dániel Mészáros. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Dániel Mészáros
Personal information
Born (2004-09-27) 27 September 2004 (age 20)[1]
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubFerencvárosi TC
Medal record
Men’s swimming
Representing  Hungary
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Championships (LC) 1 0 0
World Junior Championships 1 2 0
European Junior Championships 0 0 1
Total 2 2 1
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Lima 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Lima 4×200 m freestyle
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rome 4×100 m mixed freestyle

Dániel Mészáros (born 27 September 2004) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer. He is a 2022 European Aquatics Championships gold medalist in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay and silver medals in the 200-metre freestyle and 4×200-metre freestyle relay.

Background

Mészáros was born 27 September 2004 in Budapest and trains with Ferencvárosi TC swim club.[1]

Career

2021–2022

At the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships, held in July in Rome, Italy, Mészáros won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, swimming the lead-off leg of the relay in the final in 50.43 seconds to contribute to the final mark of 3:31.85, and placed sixth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, ninth in the 4×100-metre medley relay, tenth in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 20th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 30th in the 200-metre individual medley.[2] The following year, at the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships held in July in Otopeni, Romania, he placed fourth in the 200-metre freestyle, with a time of 1:48.89 that equalled his personal best time in the event, placed sixth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, contributing to the final time of 7:24.64 with a lead-off time of 1:49.98, and placed seventh in the 400-metre freestyle with a time of 3:53.54.[3][4][5]

2022 European Aquatics Championships

2022 European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 4×200 m freestyle 7:05.38 (h)

On the first day of swimming competition at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in August at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, Mészáros won a gold medal as part of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:49.48 for the seconds leg of the relay in the preliminary heats to help qualify the relay to the final ranking sixth, where the finals relay finished first in a time of 7:05.38.[6][7] Three days later, on 14 August, he placed 28th in the 200-metre freestyle with a time of 1:50.60.[6] For his final two events, he placed fourth in the 4×200-metre mixed freestyle relay with a final mark of 7:34.55, swimming on both the prelims relay and the finals relay on 16 August, and 26th in the 400-metre freestyle on 17 August with a time of 3:54.70.[7]

2022 World Junior Championships

2022 World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m mixed freestyle 3:30.03
Silver medal – second place 200 m freestyle 1:48.98
Silver medal – second place 4×200 m freestyle 7:17.55

Starting his competition on day one of the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held starting 30 August in Lima, Peru, Mészáros swam on both the prelims and finals relays in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, helping place fifth in the final in 3:20.59 by splitting a 49.55 for the anchor leg of the relay.[8][9] The following day, he won the silver medal in the 200-metre freestyle with a time of 1:48.98, which was 2.80 seconds behind gold medalist David Popovici of Romania and 0.07 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Filippo Bertoni of Italy.[8][10][11] The third day, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, contributing a lead-off time of 50.79 seconds to the final mark of 3:30.03 achieved by him and his finals relay teammates Benedek Bóna, Nikolett Pádár, and Dóra Molnár.[12] On 2 September, he split a 1:48.01 for the fourth leg of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay in the final to help win the silver medal with a time of 7:17.55, which was less than half a second behind the gold medal-winning team from Italy.[13][14] Day six of six, 4 September, he contributed a time of 51.10 seconds for the freestyle leg of the 4×100-metre medley relay in the preliminaries to help qualify the relay to the final ranking fifth before Benedek Bóna substituted in for him on the finals relay and the finals relay was disqualified for an early start by the second leg swimmer.[9]

2022 Hungarian Short Course Championships

In November, at the 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships in Kaposvár, Mészáros placed sixth in the final of the 400-metre freestyle on the first day of competition with a time of 3:47.99.[15] The second day of competition, he followed up with a personal best time of 23.00 seconds in the 50-metre freestyle to place sixth in the b-final.[16] In his final event, the 200-metre freestyle on day three, he achieved a personal best time of 1:45.40 in the final to place fifth, finishing 1.86 seconds behind gold medalist Kristóf Milák.[17]

International championships (50 m)

Meet 200 free 400 free 200 medley 4×100 free 4×200 free 4×100 medley 4×100 mixed free 4×200 mixed free
Junior level
EJC 2021 20th 30th 10th 6th 9th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) —
EJC 2022 4th 7th 6th —
WJC 2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) DSQ[a][b] 1st place, gold medalist(s) —
Senior level
EC 2022 28th 26th 1st place, gold medalist(s)[a] 4th
a Mészáros swam only in the preliminary heats.
b Mészáros was not a member of the finals relay that was disqualified.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
200 m freestyle 1:48.89 2022 European Junior Championships Otopeni, Romania 6 July 2022 [3]
400 m freestyle 3:52.57 15th Gyor Open Győr 17 December 2021 [18]

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
50 m freestyle 23.00 b 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships Kaposvár 17 November 2022 [16]
200 m freestyle 1:45.40 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships Kaposvár 18 November 2022 [17]
400 m freestyle 3:45.13 2021 Hungarian National Short Course Championships Kaposvár 12 November 2021 [18]

Legend: b – b-final

References

  1. ^ a b "Mészáros Dániel (FTC)". Hungarian Swimming Association. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ LEN (12 July 2021). "LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rome - Italy: Complete Results Book". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b LEN (10 July 2022). "Romania 2022 LEN European Junior Swimming Championships: Complete Results Book". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Úszás: többen az európai élmezőnyben az ifi Eb indulói közül" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Úszás: Pádár- és váltóarany, Komoróczy és Székely a dobogón a második napon a bukaresti ifjúsági Eb-n" (in Hungarian). utanpotlassport.hu. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b "A legjobb idővel döntős az úszó Eb-n a 4×100-as férfi gyorsváltó" (in Hungarian). Magyar Hírlap. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b LEN (17 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Complete Results Book". Microplus. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Mészáros Dániel vb-ezüstérmes Peruban" (in Hungarian). Fradi. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  9. ^ a b FINA (4 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Complete Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  10. ^ FINA (31 August 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Úszás: Molnáré a második magyar arany, Mészáros ezüstérmes az ifi vb-n" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  12. ^ FINA (1 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  13. ^ FINA (2 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Újabb két ezüstérem!" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 400 m férfi gyors" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 50 m férfi gyors" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 200 m férfi gyors" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  18. ^ a b "Daniel Meszaros". FINA. Retrieved 11 September 2022.


Category:2004 births Category:Living people Category:Swimmers from Budapest Category:Hungarian male swimmers Category:Hungarian male freestyle swimmers Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Category:21st-century Hungarian people

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