Dániel Gyurta

Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian former competitive swimmer, born on 4 May 1989, who mainly competed in the 200 metre breaststroke. He won the silver medal in that event at the 2004 Olympics in Athens at the age of 15 and the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London in 2:07.28, a world record at the time. He also won the 200 metre breaststroke at the World Championships in 2009, 2011 and 2013, three consecutive world titles, and set world marks in the event in short course pools as well. He retired from swimming in March 2018 at the age of 28. In 2016 he was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission and became a member of the International Olympic Committee, and he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2024.