László Cseh

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The native form of this personal name is Cseh László. This article uses the Western name order.

László Cseh

Personal information
Full name:	László Cseh
Nationality:	Hungary
Stroke(s):	backstroke, swimming
Club:	Köbánya Sport Club
Date of birth:	December 3, 1985 (1985-12-03) (age 22)
Place of birth:	Halásztelek, Hungary
Height:	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight:	82 kg

Medal record

Medal record
Men's Swimming
Competitor for Hungary
Olympic Games
Bronze	2004 Athens^[1]	400m Medley
World Championships - Long Course
Silver	2003 Barcelona	400m Medley
Bronze	2005 Montreal^[2]	100m Backstroke
Silver	2005 Montreal	200m Medley
Gold	2005 Montreal	400m Medley
Bronze	2007 Melbourne^[3]	200m Medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold	2004 Madrid	100m Backstroke
Gold	2004 Madrid	400m Medley
Bronze	2004 Madrid	4x100m Medley
Gold	2006 Budapest	200m Medley
Gold	2006 Budapest	400m Medley
Silver	2006 Budapest	200m Backstroke
Gold	2008 Eindhoven	200m Medley
Gold	2008 Eindhoven	400m Medley
European Championships (SC)
Bronze	2002 Riesa	400m Medley
Gold	2003 Dublin	400m Medley
Gold	2004 Vienna	400m Medley
Silver	2004 Vienna	200m Medley
Bronze	2004 Vienna	100m Backstroke
Gold	2005 Trieste	100m Backstroke
Gold	2005 Trieste	200m Medley
Gold	2005 Trieste	400m Medley
Gold	2006 Helsinki	200m Medley
Silver	2006 Helsinki	400m Medley
Silver	2006 Helsinki	200m Butterfly
Gold	2007 Debrecen	200m Medley
Gold	2007 Debrecen	400m Medley
Gold	2007 Debrecen	200m Butterfly

László Cseh (born December 3, 1985 in Halásztelek, south of Budapest), is a Hungarian medley and backstroke swimmer, a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program. He is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall and weighs 82 kg (180 lb).

Competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Cseh finished third in the men's 400 m 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 03:59.33^[4] and 200 IM for short course swim pools with a time of 1:52.99^[5]. Both records were set on the 2007 European short-course swimming championships.

He is coached by György Turi, Zoltán Nemes and is in the club, Köbánya Sport Club.

[edit] Achievements

2006 European Championships - gold medal (100m backstroke)
2006 European Championships - gold medal (400m individual medley)

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		01:51.55	01:52.99
400	03:44.19				03:59.33
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				04:09.59
800	08:19.99
1500	15:51.20

Records
Preceded by Thiago Pereira	Men's 200 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) December 13, 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Brian Johns	Men's 400 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) December 9, 2005	Succeeded by Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Ákos Braun	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 2006	Succeeded by Gábor Talmácsi
Preceded by Pieter van den Hoogenband	European Swimmer of the Year 2005 – 2006	Succeeded by Mateusz Sawrymowicz
Sporting positions
Preceded by Camelia Potec	Mare Nostrum Tour Overall Winner 2005	Succeeded by Leisel Jones