Tamás Kenderesi

Tamás Kenderesi
Personal information
National team  Hungary
Born Bonyhád, Hungary
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
Club Pécsi Sport Nonprofit
Coach Imre Tari, András Hargitay[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Hungary
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro200 m butterfly
European Championships (LC)
2018 Glasgow200 m butterfly
2016 London200 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
2017 Copenhagen200 m butterfly
Summer Youth Olympics
2014 Nanjing 200 m butterfly
European Junior Championships
2014 Dordrecht200 m butterfly

Tamás Kenderesi (pronounced [ˈtɒmaːʃ ˈkɛndɛrɛʃi]; born 13 December 1996) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly.[1] | birth_date = 13 December 1996[2]

Olympics and European Championships bronze medalist, and Youth Olympics gold medalist Hungarian swimmer.

He was born in Bonyhad, but his family is from Aparhant in Tolna county. His mother is a teacher, his father is a toolmaker/entrepreneur. Kenderesi is the oldest child with 3 younger brothers. He started swimming in Pecs under coach, Imre Tari. His current club is the Pecsi Sport Nonprofit.[3]

Kenderesi is studying at the University of Pecs with a major in coaching. After his swimming career ends he wants to be a swimming coach and be as successful as in swimming.

Career

In 2014 he won a gold medal in the 200 meter butterfly on the European Junior Swimming Championships, in Dordrecht.[4] Later in 2014, Kenderesi swam at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. He placed 7th in the 100 meter butterfly and he won the 200 meter butterfly.[5]

Kenderesi missed the 2015 World Aquatics Championships due to illness and he had to miss 3 months of practicing.[6] Later the same year he swam at the European Short Course Championships which took place in Netanya, Israel, where he got 35th in the 100 meter butterfly[7] and 9th in the 200 meter butterfly.[8]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he qualified in first place for the semifinals in the 200 m butterfly,[9] in which he qualified first for the final with a time of 1:53.96. He won the bronze medal with a time of 1:53.62.

In 2017 Kenderesi qualified for the 17th FINA World Championships, in Budapest where he placed 4th in the 200 meter butterfly.[10] In December 2017 he won a bronze medal at the European Short Course Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark in the 200 meter butterfly.[11]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Tamas Kenderesi". FINA. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tamas Kenderesi". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Kft., New Wave Media Group. "Ki ez a fiú, aki megelőzte Cseh Lacit?". http://www.origo.hu/ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018. External link in |work= (help)
  4. ↑ MTI (11 July 2014). "Ifjúsági úszó Eb: öt magyar érem a második napon - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ifjúsági olimpia - Újabb három magyar arany". NÉPSZAVA online (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "200 Fly Contender Tamas Kenderesi Out Of World Championships". Swimming World News. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  7. ↑ nemzetisport.hu (2 December 2015). "Rövid pályás úszó Eb: Hosszú Katinka világcsúcsa 400 vegyesen! - NS". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Öt egyéni és egy váltódöntős a rövidpályás úszó Eb-n" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Hungarian Duo of Tamas Kenderesi and Laszlo Cseh Top 200 Fly Prelims". Swimming World. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  10. ↑ nemzetisport.hu (26 July 2017). "Vizes vb: úszódöntők, július 26., szerda - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Rövidpályás úszó-Eb: Kenderesi Tamás bronzérmes 200 m pillangón". NLCafé (in Hungarian). 17 December 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
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