Zoltán Verrasztó
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Full name | Verrasztó Zoltán | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Budapest | 15 March 1956|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | backstroke, Individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Központi Sportiskola Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zoltán Verrasztó (born 15 March 1956 in Budapest) is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Hungary.
He won two medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Verrasztó claimed silver in the men's 200 m backstroke, and bronze in the men's 400 m individual medley. Apart from that he twice became world champion in the 200 m backstroke during the 1970s.
His children, Evelyn Verrasztó and Dávid Verrasztó are also Olympic swimmers. He coached them to become European championship gold medalists.
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Men's 400 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) 2 April 1976 – 25 July 1976 |
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