VERRASZTO David

Date of Birth: 22 Aug 1988

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Place of birth: BUDAPEST

Birth Country:

Hungary

Place of residence : BUDAPEST

Residence Country:

Hungary

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 400m Individual Medley	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 400m Individual Medley - Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 400m Individual Medley Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200IndMed	400IndMed
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (DNS)	H (4:15.04)
2012	London, GBR	H (2:04.53)	H (4:18.31)

World Championships

Year	Location	400Free	1500Free	200Fly	200IndMed	400IndMed
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	-	-	-	H (4:15.95)
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	-	-	-	2nd (4:08.38)
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	-	-	-	2nd (4:09.90)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	-	-	-	6th (4:13.68)
2011	Shanghai, CHN	-	-	-	SF (2:00.05)	6th (4:15.67)
2007	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	H (3:52.88)	H (15:14.68)	H (2:00.00)	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	200IndMed	400IndMed
2020	Budapest, HUN	-	4th (4:12.15)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	SF (2:00.90)	1st (4:10.65)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	200Breast	200Fly	400IndMed
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (2:06.73)	H (1:53.42)	3rd (4:01.56)

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

Cars. (origo.hu, 18 Jul 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Business Owner

Languages spoken:

English, German, Hungarian

Ferencvarosi Torna Club [Budapest, HUN]

Akos Molnar [club], HUN, Laszlo Formaggini [club]; Csaba Sos [national], HUN

Sporting relatives:

His father Zoltan competed in swimming at the Olympic Games in 1972, 1976 and 1980, and won silver and bronze at the 1980 Games in Moscow. His younger sister Evelyn represented Hungary in swimming at the Olympic Games in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. His aunt Gabriella was also an international swimmer and competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. His mother Monika Gyuro won multiple national swimming titles in Hungary. (SportsDeskOnline, 11 Oct 2018; fina.org, 04 Oct 2018; origo.hu, 15 Sep 2014; fina-budapest2017.com, 10 Apr 2017)

He began swimming at age eight. (mob.hu, 12 Jun 2016)

He tried other sports as a child but decided to follow his parents into swimming. (mno.hu, 24 Dec 2004)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (origo.hu, 05 Sep 2020)

Irish mixed martial artist Conor McGregor, British rally driver Colin McRae. (mob.hu, 12 Jun 2016)

Philosophy:

"I'm not going to die if my opponents are better than me. The sport comes first and will remain so as long as I love swimming. If it was about money for me I would have quit 10 years ago and tried my luck as a footballer." (origo.hu, 18 Jul 2020)

General Interest

General
COFFEE SHOP AND BAR OWNER
He runs a coffee shop in Budapest, Hungary, along with his sister Evelyn. They opened the shop in 2017 while taking a break from swimming. "I have to do something to occupy me so I don't think 24 hours a day about swimming. After [the 2016 Olympic Games in] Rio I was sure I had to make a change." He also opened a bar called Moody's with friends in Budapest, Hungary. "I love doing it, and another opportunity has come along so I jumped in. There are a lot of difficulties in this area as well, the first two years in the cafe were not easy either, but we survived and we really enjoy this kind of work as well." (origo.hu, 05 Sep 2020; infostart.hu, 18 Jul 2020; marieclaire.hu, 23 Sep 2019; fina.org, 04 Oct 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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