Norbert Rózsa

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The native form of this personal name is Rózsa Norbert. This article uses the Western name order.

Medal record
Norbert Rózsa
Men's Swimming
Competitor for Hungary
Olympic Games
Silver	1992 Barcelona	100 m Breaststroke
Silver	1992 Barcelona	200 m Breaststroke
Gold	1996 Atlanta	200 m Breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold	1991 Perth	100 m Breaststroke
Silver	1991 Perth	200 m Breaststroke
Gold	1994 Rome	100 m Breaststroke
Gold	1994 Rome	200 m Breaststroke
Bronze	1994 Rome	4x100 m Medley
Bronze	1998 Perth	200 m Breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold	1991 Athens	100 m Breaststroke
Silver	1991 Athens	200 m Breaststroke
Bronze	1991 Athens	4x100 m Medley

Norbert Rózsa (born February 9, 1972 in Dombóvár) is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who represented his native country at three consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won two silver medals, in the 100 m and 200 m Breaststroke, and became Olympic champion in Atlanta, Georgia in the 200 m Breaststroke.

Rózsa swam his first race at age seven, and was a member of national team since 1989. He became world champion at 100 and 200 m Breaststroke in 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, and held the world record for the 100 m Breaststroke between 1991 and 1993, when teammate Károly Güttler lowered the standard from 1:01.29 to 1:00.95. A motivated Rózsa improved dramatically to become world 100 m Breaststroke champion in Perth, Western Australia in 1991, and also took second in the 200 m event. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, he finished 2nd in both 100 m and 200 m Breaststroke.

His guardian at the time was Gyorgy Zemplenyi, who was being hunted by Interpol on suspicion of fraud. After Zemplenyi disappeared, Rózsa left Hungary for Australia. After training at the Australian Institute of Sport for a year, Rózsa returned to Hungary and renowned coach Tamas Szechy. Rózsa missed the European LC Championships 1993 in Sheffield, but returned to win two world titles in Rome the next year. In 1995, he became fourth in both the 100 m and 200 m Breaststroke at the European LC Championships 1995 in Vienna.

In the May of 2006, he was hospitalized after a suicide attempt.^[1]