Nationality Hungary Strokes Breaststroke Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 ⁄2 in) Club Jovo SC | Weight 63 kg (139 lb) Name Reka Pecz | |
Réka Pecz (born June 21, 1992) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Pecz represented her nation Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also trained as a member of the swimming team at Jövő Sports Club in Miskolc, under the tutelage of personal coach Balázs Fehérvári.
Pecz competed for Hungary in the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Leading up to the Games, she posted a time of 1:11.15 to clear the FINA B-standard (1:11.43) by 0.28 of a second at the Hungarian Junior Championships in Eger. Swimming on the outside lane in heat three, Pecz opened up the race with a spectacular second-place feat, but faded down the stretch to hit the wall with a seventh-place time in 1:12.17. Pecz, however, failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed forty-first out of 49 swimmers in the prelims.