Orsolya Tompa
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| Full name | Orsolya Tompa | |||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Hungary | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 July 1991 Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Jövő SC | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Orsolya Tompa (born July 14, 1991, in Budapest) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.[1] She represented her nation Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has edged out fellow swimmer Emese Kovács to claim the 100 m butterfly title by eight hundredths of a second (0.08) at the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, with a time of 1:00.22.[2]
Tompa qualified for the Hungarian team in the women's 100 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she posted a time of 56.81 to eclipse an insurmountable FINA B-standard (57.17) by 0.36 of a second at the European Junior Championships in Antwerp.[3][4] Swimming in heat two, Tompa opened up the race with a marvelous lead, but faded down the stretch to hit the wall with a third-place time and a lifetime best in 56.57, just a hundredth of a second (0.01) behind runner-up Natthanan Junkrajang of Thailand. Tompa failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed fortieth overall in the prelims.[5]
Tompa sought to compete for the Hungarian swimming team in the women's 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but did not show up in the prelims.[6][7]
