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Full name
  
Norbert Rózsa

Sport
  
1994 Rome
  
200 m breaststroke

Weight
  
83 kg

Nationality
  
Hungary

1992 Barcelona
  
200 m breaststroke

Height
  
1.86 m

Stroke
  
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Born
  
9 February 1972 (age 45) (
1972-02-09
)

Club
  
Budapesti Rendészeti SportegyesületOTP-Sport Plusz SportegyesületSport-Plusz Mahart Sportegyesület

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Similar
  
Károly Güttler, Tamás Darnyi, Attila Czene, Mike Barrowman, Tamás Széchy

Norbert Rózsa (born 9 February 1972 in Dombóvár) 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.

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He was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the Year in 1994 for winning two gold medals at that year's World Aquatics Championships.

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In May 2007, he was hospitalized after a suicide attempt.

Awards

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  • 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)

  • References

    Norbert Rózsa Wikipedia