Krisztofer Mészáros

2019–2021

Mészáros began competing in senior international competitions in 2019. He competed at the 2019 European and 2019 World Championships but did not qualify for any finals.^[9][10] At the 2020 European Championships, he helped the Hungarian team win the bronze medal behind Ukraine and Turkey.^[11] In the event finals, he finished sixth on floor exercise and pommel horse and fifth on parallel bars.^[12]

Mészáros won his first FIG World Cup medal at the Osijek World Challenge Cup with a bronze on the pommel horse.^[13] He then qualified for the all-around final at the 2021 World Championships- the first Hungarian gymnast to do so since 1999 - and finished 14th.^[3]

2022

Mészáros began the 2022 season at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, finishing eighth on floor exercise, fourth on pommel horse, and fifth on parallel bars.^[14] Then at the Koper World Challenge Cup, he won the bronze medal on the pommel horse.^[15] He helped the Hungarian team finished sixth at the 2022 European Championships, and he finished sixth in the all-around.^[16][17] In the floor exercise final, he won the silver medal behind the defending Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat.^[18] This marked the first time a Hungarian gymnast won a European silver medal on floor exercise, after Róbert Gál and György Guczoghy won bronze medals on the event.^[19] At the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, Mészáros won his first FIG World Cup title on the horizontal bar.^[20] Then at the World Championships, he once again finished 14th in the all-around final.^[21]

2023

Mészáros finished 17th in the all-around final and fifth in the horizontal bar final at the 2023 European Championships.^[22][23] He won four medals at the 2023 Tel Aviv World Challenge Cup- gold on floor exercise and vault and silver on pommel horse and parallel bars- making him the most decorated gymnast of the event.^[24] Then at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, he won the bronze medal on floor exercise.^[25] He then won three medals at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup- gold on floor exercise, silver on parallel bars, and bronze on horizontal bar.^[26] At the end of the World Challenge Cup series, he was ranked first on parallel bars and top five on every event besides still rings.^[27] Mészáros finished 18th all-around in the qualification round of the 2023 World Championships.^[28] As one of the top eight gymnasts not from a country that qualified a full team, he earned an individual quota for the 2024 Olympic Games.^[29] He finished 11th in the all-around final with a total score of 81.665.^[30]