Réka Pecz

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Réka Pecz
Personal information
Full nameRéka Pecz
National team Hungary
Born (1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 (age 29)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubJövő SC
CoachBalázs Fehérvári
The native form of this personal name is Pecz Réka. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Réka Pecz (born June 21, 1992) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] Pecz represented her nation Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also trained as a member of the swimming team at Jövő Sports Club in Miskolc, under the tutelage of personal coach Balázs Fehérvári.

Pecz competed for Hungary in the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Leading up to the Games, she posted a time of 1:11.15 to clear the FINA B-standard (1:11.43) by 0.28 of a second at the Hungarian Junior Championships in Eger.[2][3] Swimming on the outside lane in heat three, Pecz opened up the race with a spectacular second-place feat, but faded down the stretch to hit the wall with a seventh-place time in 1:12.17. Pecz, however, failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed forty-first out of 49 swimmers in the prelims.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Réka Pecz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Ma egy magyar úszó sem jutott tovább az előfutamból" [Today, Hungarians did not get further in swimming] (in Hungarian). hvg.hu. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 69. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.

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