Team Iron

{{short description|Hungarian swimming team}}

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| name = Team Iron

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| first_season = 2019

| association = International Swimming League

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| city = Budapest {{flagicon|HUN}}

| captain = Katinka Hosszú

| record =

| coach = Jozsef Nagy

| gm = Dorina Szekeres

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Team Iron is a professional swimming team co-owned by Katinka Hosszú, and a founding member of the International Swimming League. The team is based in Budapest, Hungary, led by general manager Dorina Szekeres and head coach Jozsef Nagy.

During the inaugural season in 2019, they finished third in the European group and failed to advance to the ISL Grand Finale hosted at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

The team hosted one of the seven matches of the inaugural season in the Duna Arena, in Budapest, where they placed second in front of the home crowd. The visiting teams were London Roar, LA Current and New York Breakers.

2019 International Swimming League season

= Team roster =

ISL teams had a maximum roster of 32 athletes for 2019 season, with a suggested size of each club's traveling roster of 28 (14 men and 14 women). Each club had a captain and a vice-captain of different gender. In the 2019 season Katinka Hosszú and Peter John Stevens held those titles for Team Iron.

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! colspan="2" |{{flagicon|HUN}} Team Iron{{Cite web|title=Team Iron Unveils Official Roster|url=https://swimswam.com/team-iron-unveils-official-roster/|date=2019-06-18|website=SwimSwam|access-date=2020-05-15}}

Men

!Women

{{flagicon|USA}} Gunnar Bentz

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Veronika Andrusenko

{{flagicon|HUN}} Richárd Bohus

|{{flagicon|JAM}} Alia Atkinson

{{flagicon|NOR}} Henrik Christiansen

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Katalin Burián

{{flagicon|SUI}} Jérémy Desplanches

|{{flagicon|NED}} Kim Busch

{{flagicon|ROU}} Robert Glință

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Kimberly Buys

{{flagicon|HUN}} Gergely Gyurta

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Katinka Hosszú (C)

{{flagicon|HUN}} Dominik Kozma

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Zsuzsanna Jakabos

{{flagicon|HUN}} Kristóf Milák

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Ajna Késely

{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Morozov

|{{flagicon|NED}} Ranomi Kromowidjojo

{{flagicon|GBR}} Ross Murdoch

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Jenna Laukkanen

{{flagicon|SWE}} Erik Persson

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Fanny Lecluyse

{{flagicon|SLO}} Peter John Stevens (C)

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Mie Nielsen

{{flagicon|HUN}} Szebasztián Szabó

|{{flagicon|NED}} Kira Toussaint

{{flagicon|HUN}} Ádám Telegdy

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Jessica Vall

{{flagicon|BEL}} Pieter Timmers

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Maria Ugolkova

{{flagicon|HUN}} Dávid Verrasztó

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= Match results =

In the 2019 (inaugural) ISL season, Team Iron finished third in the European group behind Energy Standard and London Roar who eventually went on to place 1–2 in the Championship Final. From Team Iron, Vladimir Morozov was named MVP in Lewisville while Katinka Hosszú earned the title {{Cite web|title=Katinka Hosszu Becomes First Non-Skins Winner to Earn ISL MVP|url=https://swimswam.com/katinka-hosszu-becomes-first-non-skins-winner-to-earn-isl-mvp/|date=2019-10-28|website=SwimSwam|access-date=2020-05-15}} in Budapest in front of the home crowd.

The team was very successful in the 50m freestyle skin races. Vladimir Morozov won the race in Lewisville and London while Ranomi Kromowidjojo had a perfect record of winning the event in all 3 matches of the regular season.

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!Dates

!Location

!Venue

!Teams

!Results

!MVP

colspan="6" |Regular season
19–20 October

|{{flagicon|USA}} Lewisville

|The LISD Westside Aquatic Center

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Team Iron

{{flagicon|USA}} LA Current

{{flagicon|GBR}} London Roar

{{flagicon|USA}} New York Breakers

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite news|date=19 October 2019|title=2019 ISL Season Lewisville, TX (USA)|publisher=ISL|format=pdf|url=https://isl.global/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dallas_lewisville_isl_results_day_1.pdf|access-date=21 October 2019}}{{cite web|title=2019 ISL Season Lewisville, TX (USA)|url=https://isl.global/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/isl_results_dallas_day_2.pdf|date=20 October 2019|publisher=ISL|format=pdf|access-date=21 October 2019}}

| valign="center" |{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Morozov

({{flagicon|HUN}} Team Iron)

43.5 pts

26–27 October

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest

|Danube Arena

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Team Iron

{{flagicon|USA}} LA Current

{{flagicon|GBR}} London Roar

{{flagicon|USA}} New York Breakers

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite news|date=26 October 2019|title=2019 ISL Season Budapest (HUN)|publisher=ISL|format=pdf|url=https://isl.global/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/isl_results_budapest_day_1-1.pdf|access-date=28 October 2019}}{{cite web|title=2019 ISL Season Budapest (HUN)|url=https://isl.global/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/isl_results_budapest_sunday.pdf|date=27 October 2019|publisher=ISL|format=pdf|access-date=28 October 2019}}

| valign="center" |{{flagicon|HUN}} Katinka Hosszú

({{flagicon|HUN}} Team Iron)

47 pts

23–24 November

|{{flagicon|GBR}} London

|London Aquatics Centre

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Aqua Centurions

{{flagicon|FRA}} Energy Standard

{{flagicon|HUN}} Team Iron

{{flagicon|GBR}} London Roar

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite news|date=24 November 2019|title=2019 ISL Season London|publisher=ISL|format=pdf|url=https://isl.global/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/isl_london_day_1_results.pdf|access-date=25 November 2019}}{{cite web|title=2019 ISL Season London|url=https://isl.global/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/isl_london_day_2_resuls.pdf|date=25 November 2019|publisher=ISL|format=pdf|access-date=25 November 2019}}

| valign="center" |{{flagicon|RSA}} Chad le Clos

({{flagicon|FRA}} Energy Standard)

44.5 pts

2020 International Swimming League season

The 2020 roster will be announced in June, 2020.

References