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| Full name | Dániel Gyurta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Dani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 4, 1989 Budapest |
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kilograms (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | A Jövő SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dániel Gyurta (born May 4, 1989 in Budapest)[1] is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008. Also known as Dani, he was only 15 years old when he won a silver medal (with 2.10.80) in the men's 200m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
Gyurta, unlike his rivals Brendan Hansen and Kosuke Kitajima in the 200m breaststroke in Athens, swims a relaxed and slow first 100 and sprints the second 100 meters. Hansen and Kitajima "go out hard and fast and try to hold on for comeback", but Gyurta "swims a completely different race. Goes out slowly and then comes back like a train".
On August 12, 2008 he set an Olympic record in the preliminaries of the 200m breaststroke at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing.[2] His record was broken one day later by Kitajima in the semi-finals.
At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships he won gold medal in 200m breaststroke, edging out Eric Shanteau in the last meters. He was named Hungarian Sportsman of the year for this achievement.
Two years later Gyurta successfully retained the gold medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, thus becoming only the second man to defend the world title on 200 metre breaststroke after David Wilkie of Great Britain.[3]
Currently studies economics at the Budapest College of Communication and Business.
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| Preceded by Attila Vajda |
Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 2009 |
Succeeded by Krisztián Berki |