Mihály Flaskay (born 18 May 1982 in
Debrecen
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) is a
breaststroke
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swimmer
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from
Hungary
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,
who was a silver medallist in the 50 m breaststroke (27.51) at the
2002 European Swimming Championships.
In the following year he captured bronze in the same event at the
2003 World Aquatics Championships in
Barcelona, Spain
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.
Flaskay studied at the
University of Southern California
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.
References
1982 births
Living people
Hungarian male breaststroke swimmers
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
USC Trojans men's swimmers
Hungarian expatriate swimmers in the United States
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Hungary
Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
Sportspeople from Debrecen
21st-century Hungarian sportsmen
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