Norbert Rózsa
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Full name | Norbert Rózsa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1972-02-09) 9 February 1972 (age 52) Dombóvár, Tolna, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Budapesti Rendészeti Sportegyesület OTP-Sport Plusz Sportegyesület Sport-Plusz Mahart Sportegyesület | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norbert Rózsa (born 9 February 1972) is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who competed at three consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won two silver medals, in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, and became Olympic champion in Atlanta, Georgia, in the 200 m breaststroke.
He was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the Year in 1994 for winning two gold medals at that year's World Aquatics Championships.
After retirement from sport he was battling depression. In May 2007, he was hospitalized after a suicide attempt.[1] He recovered from depression in about a year time [2] and later he became interested in working as a graphic designer. [3]
Awards
- Masterly youth athlete: 1989
- OSH Victory medal for the World Champion (1991)
- Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Golden Cross (1992)
- OTSH Victory medal for the World Champion (1994)
- Hungarian swimmer of the Year (3): 1994, 1996, 1998
- Hungarian Sportsman of the Year (1) - votes of sports journalists: 1994
- Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (1996)
- Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2005)
- Immortal of Hungarian swimming (2014)
See also
References
External links
- Profile at kataca.hu (in Hungarian)
- Norbert Rózsa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Preceded by | Men's 100 metre breaststroke world record holder (long course) 7 January 1991 – 11 June 1991 | Succeeded by Vasili Ivanov |
Preceded by Vasili Ivanov | Men's 100 metre breaststroke world record holder (long course) 20 August 1991 – 3 August 1993 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1994 | Succeeded by |
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- 1908: Frederick Holman (GBR)
- 1912: Walter Bathe (GER)
- 1920: Håkan Malmrot (SWE)
- 1924: Bob Skelton (USA)
- 1928: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)
- 1932: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)
- 1936: Tetsuo Hamuro (JPN)
- 1948: Joe Verdeur (USA)
- 1952: John Davies (AUS)
- 1956: Masaru Furukawa (JPN)
- 1960: Bill Mulliken (USA)
- 1964: Ian O'Brien (AUS)
- 1968: Felipe Muñoz (MEX)
- 1972: John Hencken (USA)
- 1976: David Wilkie (GBR)
- 1980: Robertas Žulpa (URS)
- 1984: Victor Davis (CAN)
- 1988: József Szabó (HUN)
- 1992: Mike Barrowman (USA)
- 1996: Norbert Rózsa (HUN)
- 2000: Domenico Fioravanti (ITA)
- 2004: Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
- 2008: Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
- 2012: Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
- 2016: Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ)
- 2020: Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS)
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