Dániel Gyurta

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Dániel Gyurta

| image = 2018-10-18 Karate Boys' +68 kg at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Victory ceremony (Martin Rulsch) 02.jpg

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| alt = Gyurta at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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| fullname = Dániel Gyurta

| nicknames = "Dani"

| national_team = {{HUN}}

| strokes = Breaststroke

| club = Újpesti TE

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|5|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary

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| height = 1.85 m

| weight = 77 kg

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|Olympic Games|1|1|0

|World Championships (LC)|3|0|1

|World Championships (SC)|2|1|0

|European Championships (LC)|2|0|2

|European Championships (SC)|6|2|0

|Total|14|4|3

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Dániel Gyurta ({{IPA|hu|ˈdaːniɛl ˈɟurtɒ}}; born 4 May 1989){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gy/daniel-gyurta-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170237/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gy/daniel-gyurta-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Dániel Gyurta Biography and Olympic Results|access-date=29 July 2011}} 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 Olympic Committees (EOC) Athletes' Commission since 2013 and a member of the Athletes Commission since 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/mr-daniel-gyurta |title=Daniel Gyurta |last= |first= |website=The International Olympic Committee |date= |accessdate=24 March 2021}}

Biography

Gyurta was born in Budapest. When he was 15 years old, he won a silver medal (with 2.10.80) in the men's 200-metre breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

His coaches are Sándor Széles, Ferenc Kovácshegyi and Balázs Virth.

On 12 August 2008 he set an Olympic record in the preliminaries of the 200-metre breaststroke at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/swimming/2546936/Swimming-Record-tumble-in-breastroke-and-relays-Beijing-Olympics-2008.html |title=Records tumble in breastroke and relays |first=Anita |last=Lonsbrough |publisher=The Telegraph |date=12 August 2008 |access-date=29 July 2011 |location=London}} His record was broken one day later by Kitajima in the semi-finals. Gyurta finished fifth in the final.

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships he won gold medal in 200 m breaststroke, edging out Eric Shanteau in the last meters. He was named Hungarian Sportsman of the year for this achievement.

Two years later Gyurta retained the gold medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, thus becoming the second man to defend the world title on 200 metre breaststroke after David Wilkie of Great Britain,{{cite web |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/27739.asp?q=FINA-World-Championships,-Swimming:-Daniel-Gyurta-Overtakes-Kosuke-Kitajima-for-200-Breast-Gold |title=Daniel Gyurta Overtakes Kosuke Kitajima for 200 Breast Gold |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=29 July 2011 |access-date=29 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915004227/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/27739.asp?q=FINA-World-Championships%2C-Swimming%3A-Daniel-Gyurta-Overtakes-Kosuke-Kitajima-for-200-Breast-Gold |archive-date=15 September 2012}} who won the first two world titles, in 1973 and 1975.

At the 2012 London Olympics he won the gold medal and set a new world record for the 200 m breaststroke.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/London-Olympics-Gyurta-wins-200m-breaststroke-gold-in-world-record/articleshow/15319646.cms |title=London Olympics: Gyurta wins 200m breaststroke gold in world record |access-date=2 August 2012 |work=The Times Of India}}

After the race, he offered a replica of his Olympic medal to the parents of his former competitor Alexander Dale Oen in tribute to him, a gesture much appreciated by Dale's family. Dale had died on 30 April 2012, a few months before the Games.{{cite web |url=http://www.swimmersdaily.com/2012/08/02/dani-gyurta-will-send-a-replica-of-his-olympic-gold-to-dale-oens-family/ |title=Dani Gyurta will send a replica of his Olympic gold to Dale Oen's family |date=2 August 2012 |access-date=4 August 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/london-olympics/daniel-gyurta-makes-copy-of-gold-medal-for-family-of-norways-alexander-dale-oen/story-fndpu6dv-1226442722824 |title=Daniel Gyurta makes copy of gold medal for family of Norway's Alexander Dale Oen |access-date=4 August 2012 |work=News Corp Australia Network |date=4 August 2012}} Later, Gyurta received the international Fair Play Award from UNESCO, in respect of his medal tribute of a fallen fellow breaststroker: Alexander Dale Oen.{{cite web |url=http://www.mob.hu/gyurta-daniel-atvette-a-nemzetkozi-fair-play-dijat |title=GYURTA DÁNIEL ÁTVETTE A NEMZETKÖZI FAIR PLAY-DÍJAT |access-date=19 September 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://swimswam.com/daniel-gyurta-receives-international-fair-play-award-unesco/ |title=DANIEL GYURTA RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL FAIR PLAY AWARD FROM UNESCO |date=19 September 2013 |access-date=19 September 2013}}

His younger brother, Gergely Gyurta is also a competitive swimmer.

Personal bests

In long course swim pools Gyurta's bests are:

100 m breaststroke: 59.53 (29 July 2012, London) Hungarian Record
200 m breaststroke: 2:07.23 (2 August 2013, Barcelona) Championship Record, European Record

In short course pools Gyurta's best's are: