Gergely Gyurta (born 21 September 1991) is a Hungarian

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and national team member for his home nation. He has competed at three Olympic Games and won World and European medals. His older brother is

Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta (; born 4 May 1989) is a Hungarian former competitive swimmer who mainly competed in the 200-metre breaststroke. In 2016, Gyurta became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), he is a member of the European Olympi ...

, another Olympic swimmer who specializes in the breast stroke events.

Career

In 2010, he won his first senior international medal, winning the bronze medal in the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 2010 Short Course World Championships. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he competed in the Men's 1500 metre freestyle, finishing in 12th place overall in the heats. That year, he won bronze at the

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. Additionally, Gergely became the 2013 European short course champion in the 1500 metre freestyle. In 2014, he set the Hungarian record in that event. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, Gyurta competed in the 400 m and 1500 m freestyle events, finishing in 11th and 9th respectively. He won the bronze medal in the 400 m medley at the 2017 European Short Course Championships. In 2018, he set the Hungarian record in the 800 m freestyle at the Hungarian National Championships. He finished in 15th place in the 1500 m freestyle at the

2020 Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

International Swimming League

In 2019 he was member of the

2019 International Swimming League The 2019 International Swimming League was the inaugural edition of the International Swimming League, a professional swimming league, established in 2019. It comprised eight teams composed of both women and men. The league consisted of seven sho ...

representing Team Iron.

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* * * * * 1991 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Hungarian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Budapest Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Hungarian male medley swimmers Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub