Balázs Makány

Balázs Makány
Personal information
Nationality  Hungary
Born 23 May 1987
Pécs, Hungary
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Kőbánya SC (HUN)
College team Texas A&M Aggies (USA)
Coach Gyorgy Turi (HUN)
The native form of this personal name is Makány Balázs. This article uses the Western name order.

Balázs Makány (born May 23, 1987 in Pécs) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in sprint and relay freestyle events.[1] Makany is a member of Kőbánya Swimming Club, and is coached and trained by Gyorgy Turi. He is also a varsity swimmer for the Texas A&M Aggies, and a graduate of computer science at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

Makany made his official debut, as a 17-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay, along with his teammates Balázs Gercsák, Tamás Szűcs, and four-time Olympian Tamás Kerékjártó. Swimming the third leg, Gercsak recorded a split of 1:52.75, and the Hungarian team went on to finish heat two in last place, for a total time of 7:31.78.[2]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Makany qualified as an individual swimmer for the men's 100 m freestyle by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 49.79 from the national championships in Budapest.[3][4] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including Czech Republic's Martin Verner and Shaune Fraser of the Cayman Islands. Makany raced to a second-place tie with Lithuania's Paulius Viktoravičius, posting a personal best of 49.27 seconds. Makany, however, failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminary heats.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Balázs Makány". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "A&M's Makany, Picasso Qualify for Second Olympic Games". Texas A&M Aggies. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 6. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 5". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 December 2012.

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