Zoltán Verrasztó
Hungarian swimmer
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Full name | Verrasztó Zoltán | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1956-03-15) 15 March 1956 (age 68) Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | backstroke, Individual medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Központi Sportiskola Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zoltán Verrasztó (born 15 March 1956) is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Hungary.
He won two medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Verrasztó claimed silver in the men's 200 m backstroke, and bronze in the men's 400 m individual medley. Apart from that he twice became world champion in the 200 m backstroke during the 1970s.
His children, Evelyn Verrasztó and Dávid Verrasztó are also Olympic swimmers. He coached them to become European championship gold medalists.
External links
- Zoltán Verrasztó at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 September 2007)
- Zoltán Verrasztó at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Preceded by | Men's 400 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) 2 April 1976 – 25 July 1976 | Succeeded by |
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World long-course champions in men's 200 m backstroke
- 1973:
Roland Matthes (GDR)
- 1975:
Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN)
- 1978:
Jesse Vassallo (USA)
- 1982:
Rick Carey (GDR)
- 1986:
Igor Polyansky (URS)
- 1991:
Martín López-Zubero (ESP)
- 1994:
Vladimir Selkov (RUS)
- 1998:
Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
- 2001:
Aaron Peirsol (USA)
- 2003:
Aaron Peirsol (USA)
- 2005:
Aaron Peirsol (USA)
- 2007:
Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2009:
Aaron Peirsol (USA)
- 2011:
Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2013:
Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2015:
Mitch Larkin (AUS)
- 2017:
Evgeny Rylov (RUS)
- 2019:
Evgeny Rylov (RUS)
- 2022:
Ryan Murphy (USA)
- 2023:
Hubert Kós (HUN)
- 2024:
Hugo González (ESP)
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