Nikoletta Kiss

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Nikoletta Kiss
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (1997-04-29) 29 April 1997 (age 24)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, open water

Nikoletta Kiss (born 29 April 1997) is a Hungarian swimmer, specialising in open water events. She started open water swimming in 2014.[1]

At the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, Kiss won the 800m Freestyle[2] and was second in the 200m freestyle[3] and the 400m Freestyle.[4] She also won bronze in the mixed 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay team event.[5]

A year later, she won the silver medal in the 800m freestyle at the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships.[6] and at the 2013 European Junior Swimming Championships, took silver in the 400m freestyle and bronze in the 800 m freestyle.[7]

Kiss won the 7.5 km gold medal at the 2014 World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships, with a time of 1:32:42.27.[8] In 2016, she was runner-up in the 10 km at the World Junior championships, overtaken by Alice Dearing in the final 50 metres as Dearing finished 0.5 seconds ahead in 2:04:24.1.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nikoletta Kiss". fina.org. Fédération internationale de natation. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. ^ Women's 800m Freestyle Results Archived 22 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Women's 200m Freestyle Results Archived 14 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Women's 400m Freestyle Results Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Mixed's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Results Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Full Results: European Junior Swimming Championships Antwerp, 4/ – 8/7/2012" (PDF). www2.len.eu. Ligue Européenne de Natation. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Full Results: ARENA European Junior Swimming Championships Poznan, 10 – 14-7-13" (PDF). www2.len.eu. Ligue Européenne de Natation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  8. ^ "World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships 2014: Women 7.5 km final". fina.org. Fédération Internationale de Natation. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Alice Dearing claims gold at World Junior Open Water Champs". swimming.org. Swim England. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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