Norbert Rózsa

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Norbert Rózsa
Dombóvár, Rózsa Norbert úszó kerámia portréja Varga Gábor szobrászművész alkotása.jpg
Personal information
Full nameNorbert Rózsa
Nationality Hungary
Born (1972-02-09) 9 February 1972 (age 49)
Dombóvár, Tolna, Hungary
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubBudapesti Rendészeti Sportegyesület
OTP-Sport Plusz Sportegyesület
Sport-Plusz Mahart Sportegyesület
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1991 Perth
Gold medal – first place 1994 Rome
Gold medal – first place 1994 Rome
Silver medal – second place 1991 Perth
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Rome
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Perth 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Perth 4×100 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1991 Athens 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Athens 4×100 m medley

Norbert Rózsa (born 9 February 1972) is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who competed at three consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won two silver medals, in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, and became Olympic champion in Atlanta, Georgia in the 200 m breaststroke.

He was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the Year in 1994 for winning two gold medals at that year's World Aquatics Championships.

After retirement from sport he was battling depression. In May 2007, he was hospitalized after a suicide attempt.[1] Then he recovered from depression in about a year time [2] and later he became interested in working as a graphic designer. [3]

Awards[]

  • Masterly youth athlete: 1989
  • OSH Victory medal for the World Champion (1991)
  • Ribbon Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Golden Cross (1992)
  • OTSH Victory medal for the World Champion (1994)
  • Hungarian swimmer of the Year (3): 1994, 1996, 1998
  • Hungarian Sportsman of the Year (1) - votes of sports journalists: 1994
  • Ribbon Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (1996)
  • Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2005)
  • Immortal of Hungarian swimming (2014)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Index - Rózsa Norbert öngyilkos akart lenni".
  2. ^ Attila, Ághassi (14 February 2008). "Már nem sajnálom, hogy életben maradtam". index.hu.
  3. ^ "Gondolta? Grafikusnak készül Rózsa Norbert | BorsOnline". www.borsonline.hu.

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Records
Preceded by Men's 100 metre breaststroke
world record holder (long course)

7 January 1991 – 11 June 1991
Succeeded by
Soviet Union Vasili Ivanov
Preceded by
Soviet Union Vasili Ivanov
Men's 100 metre breaststroke
world record holder (long course)

20 August 1991 – 3 August 1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by Hungarian Sportsman of The Year
1994
Succeeded by


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