Tamás Kenderesi

Tamás Kenderesi
Personal information
National team Hungary
Born (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 28)
Bonyhád, Hungary
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubPécsi Sport Nonprofit Zrt.
CoachImre Tari, András Hargitay[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m butterfly
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2016 London 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest 200 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Copenhagen 200 m butterfly
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 200 m butterfly
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 200 m butterfly

Tamás Kenderesi (pronounced [ˈtɒmaːʃ ˈkɛndɛrɛʃi]; born 13 December 1996) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly.[1] He is an Olympics and European Championships bronze medalist, and Youth Olympics gold medalist swimmer.[2]

He was born in Bonyhad, but his family is from Aparhant in Tolna county. His mother is a teacher, his father is a toolmaker/entrepreneur. Kenderesi is the oldest child with 3 younger brothers. He started swimming in Pecs under coach, Imre Tari. His current club is the Pecsi Sport Nonprofit.[3]

Kenderesi is studying at the University of Pecs with a major in coaching. After his swimming career ends he wants to be a swimming coach and be as successful as in swimming.[citation needed]

Career

In 2014 he won a gold medal in the 200 meter butterfly on the European Junior Swimming Championships, in Dordrecht.[4] Later in 2014, Kenderesi swam at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. He placed 7th in the 100 meter butterfly and he won the 200 meter butterfly.[5][6]

Kenderesi missed the 2015 World Aquatics Championships due to illness and he had to miss 3 months of practicing.[7] Later the same year he swam at the European Short Course Championships which took place in Netanya, Israel, where he got 35th in the 100 meter butterfly[8] and 9th in the 200 meter butterfly.[9]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he qualified in first place for the semifinals in the 200 m butterfly,[10] in which he qualified first for the final with a time of 1:53.96. He won the bronze medal with a time of 1:53.62.

In 2017 Kenderesi qualified for the 17th FINA World Championships, in Budapest where he placed 4th in the 200 meter butterfly.[11] In December 2017 he won a bronze medal at the European Short Course Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark in the 200 meter butterfly.[12]

2019 sexual misconduct incident

Kenderesi was widely publicized in 2019 for an incident in South Korea that involved allegations of sexual misconduct. He was briefly banned from leaving South Korea at the conclusion of the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, after he was accused of committing an indecent act by compulsion in a night club. Kenderesi received a written warning from the Swimming Association and six month cancellation of benefits.[13]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Tamas Kenderesi". FINA. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Tamas Kenderesi". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ^ Lantos, Gábor. "Ki ez a fiú, aki megelőzte Cseh Lacit?". www.origo.hu/ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. ^ MTI (11 July 2014). "Ifjúsági úszó Eb: öt magyar érem a második napon - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Ifjúsági olimpia - Újabb három magyar arany". NÉPSZAVA online (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  7. ^ "200 Fly Contender Tamas Kenderesi Out Of World Championships". Swimming World News. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  8. ^ nemzetisport.hu (2 December 2015). "Rövid pályás úszó Eb: Hosszú Katinka világcsúcsa 400 vegyesen! - NS". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Öt egyéni és egy váltódöntős a rövidpályás úszó Eb-n" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Hungarian Duo of Tamas Kenderesi and Laszlo Cseh Top 200 Fly Prelims". Swimming World. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  11. ^ nemzetisport.hu (26 July 2017). "Vizes vb: úszódöntők, július 26., szerda - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Rövidpályás úszó-Eb: Kenderesi Tamás bronzérmes 200 m pillangón". NLCafé (in Hungarian). 17 December 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  13. ^ "TAMAS KENDERESI HANDED WRITTEN REPRIMAND, FUNDING WITHDRAWAL FOR 6 MONTHS". swimswam. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

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