Kristóf Milák

Kristóf Milák (born 20 February 2000) is a Hungarian swimmer. He is the current holder of the world record in 200m butterfly. He has won a gold medal and a silver at the World Championships, as well as a gold at the European Championships. He is also a three-time Youth Olympic Champion from the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Kristóf Milák
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (2000-02-20) 20 February 2000[1]
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubBudapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület

Career

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in the semifinal of the men's 100 metre butterfly, Milák set a new junior world record and a new national record (50.77).[2] In the final he won the silver medal, and set a new junior world record and a new national record (50.62).[3]

At the 2018 European Aquatics Championships he won the gold medal in the men's 200 metre butterfly event. At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics he won three gold medals and one silver medal.

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships he won the gold medal and broke Michael Phelps' 10-year-old world record (1:51.51) in the 200m butterfly event by 0.68 seconds, setting a new world-record time of 1:50.73.[4]

International Swimming League

In 2019 Milák was member[5] of the 2019 International Swimming League representing Team Iron. He won the 200m butterfly in both matches he participated in. (Lewisville, Budapest)

References
  1. "Milák Kristóf". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  2. "Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly Semifinal results". Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. "Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly Final results". Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. James Sutherland (24 July 2019). "Kristof Milak slaughters Phelps' 200 fly world record in 1:50.73". swimswam.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. "Kristof Milak Adds Name To ISL Team Iron". SwimSwam. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
Records
Preceded by
Michael Phelps		 Men's 200-meter butterfly
world record holder (long course)
July 24, 2019 –		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by
Shaolin Sándor Liu		 Hungarian Sportsman of The Year
2019		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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