RASOVSZKY Kristof

Marathon Swimming

Date of Birth: 27 Mar 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: VESZPREM

Birth Country:

Hungary

Place of residence : KIRALYSZENTISTVAN

Residence Country:

Hungary

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Marathon Swimming	Men's 10km	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Odaiba Marine Park	Men's 10km	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

MARATHON SWIMMING

World Championships

Year	Location	5km	10km	25km	5km - TR X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	1	4	DNF	8
2017	Budapest, HUN	7	5	DNF	7

European Championships

Year	Location	5km	10km	25km	5km - TR X
2020	Budakalasz, HUN	4	5	-	3
2018	Glasgow, GBR	1	2	1	-

World Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10km
2021	1 x 2nd
2020	1 x 64th
2019	3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2018	1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th
2017	3 x 1st, 1 x 8th, 1 x 48th

World Series - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2019	10km	Lac-Megantic, QC, CAN
1	2019	10km	Lac St. Jean, QC, CAN
1	2019	10km	Balatonfured, HUN
1	2018	10km	Setubal, POR
1	2017	10km	Qiandaohu, CHN
1	2017	10km	Lac-Megantic, QC, CAN
1	2017	10km	Setubal, POR
2	2021	10km	Doha, QAT
2	2019	10km	Doha, QAT
3	2019	10km	Beau Vallon, SEY
3	2018	10km	Abu Dhabi, UAE

Legend
X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, TR - Team Relay, TTT - Team Time Trial

SWIMMING

Olympic Games

Year	Location	1500Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (15:29.36)

World Championships

Year	Location	1500Free
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (15:23.87)

European Championships

Year	Location	800Free
2020	Budapest, HUN	H (7:56.27)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	1500Free	50Back	100Back
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (15:03.43)	H (25.49)	H (54.52)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

Electrical Engineering - Obuda University, Budapest, HUN

Languages spoken:

English, German, Hungarian

Balaton Uszo Klub [Veszprem, HUN]

Laszlo Szokolai [club], HUN

To win a medal in the 10km event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nemzetisport.hu, 17 Apr 2021)

In January 2020 he received a special recognition award from the Hungarian University Sports Federation for his contribution to open water swimming in 2019. (fisu.net 04 Jan 2020)

In 2018 and 2019 he was named Male Open Water Swimmer of the year by the European Swimming Federation [LEN]. (m4sport.hu, 09 Jan 2020; mundodeportivo.com, 15 Feb 2019)

General Interest

General
SYMBOLIC GESTURE
After he won gold in the 5km event at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, he posed for photos with Sudanese swimmer Mohamed Ibrahim, who had finished last in the event. "Anyone who competes here and finishes the distance is a champion regardless of their placement." (hungarytoday.hu, 15 Jul 2019)

Milestones

He became the first Hungarian athlete to win a gold medal in open water swimming at the world championships when he won gold in the 5km event at the 2019 edition in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (hungarytoday.hu, 15 Jul 2019; szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, 13 Jul 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 15 Jul 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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