Boldizsár Kiss
Personal information
Full nameBoldizsár Kiss
National team Hungary
Born (1985-04-08) 8 April 1985
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
ClubFerencvárosi TC
College teamSyracuse University (U.S.)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Hungary
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Glasgow 200 m butterfly

Boldizsár Kiss (born April 8, 1985) is a Hungarian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.[1] He won a silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2003 European Junior Swimming Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[2] Kiss is a member of the swimming team for Syracuse Orange, and a graduate of information management and technology at Syracuse University in New York.

Kiss qualified for the men's 400 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 3:57.86 from the national championships in Székesfehérvár.[3][4] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, where South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan was disqualified for a false start. He rounded out the field to last place by more than three seconds behind Brazil's Bruno Bonfim in 4:02.87. Kiss failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirty-eighth overall on the first day of preliminaries.[5][6]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Boldizsár Kiss". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  2. "Three More Records Bite the Dust at Euro Junior Champs". Swimming World Magazine. 3 August 2003. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. Agh, Norbert (26 June 2003). "Risztov Wins 8 Golds as Hungarian Champs End; World Champs Team Will Have World's Oldest and Youngest Men Swimmers". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "Men's 400 Freestyle Prelims: Hackett Edges Thorpe, Qualifies First for Final; Jensen and Keller Easily Through". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  6. "Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.


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