Norbert Kovács (swimmer)
Hungarian swimmer (born 1988)
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Norbert Kovács (born 13 February 1988 in Veszprém) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.[1] He represented his nation Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2006 European Junior Swimming Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain with a time of 2:00.20.[2] Kovacs is a member of the swimming team for Kőbánya Sport Club in Budapest, under the tutelage of head coach Zsigmond Gyenge.
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| Full name | Norbert Kovács | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1988 Veszprém, Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Kőbánya SC | ||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Tennessee (U.S.) | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Zsigmond Gyenge | ||||||||||||||
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Kovacs competed for Hungary in two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he finished with a second-place time in 1:49.91 (200 m freestyle) to dip beneath the FINA B-cut (1:52.53) at the Hungarian National Championships in Budapest.[3] In the 200 m freestyle, Kovacs threw down a lifetime tech-suit best in 1:49.34 to race his way into third in heat four, but failed to advance further to the semifinals, finishing thirty-fifth overall in the prelims.[4][5] Kovacs also competed as a member of the Hungarian team in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, along with fellow swimmers Dominik Kozma, Tamás Kerékjártó, and Gergő Kis. Swimming the anchor leg in heat two, Kovacs recorded a split of 1:48.40, and the Hungarian team went on to finish the race in sixth place and thirteenth overall with a total time of 7:14.14.[6][7]
Kovacs is previously a varsity swimmer for the Tennessee Volunteers at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, before he transferred to the University of Tampa in Florida, where he took up a major in finance and assigned as a senior captain for the Tampa Spartans swimming and diving team.
