Tamás Szűcs

Tamás Szűcs

Personal information
Full name	Tamás Szűcs
National team	Hungary
Born	(1981-02-18) 18 February 1981 (age 43) Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Ferencvárosi TC
College team	University of South Carolina (U.S.)
Coach	Don Gibb (U.S.)

The native form of this personal name is Szűcs Tamás. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Tamás Szűcs (born February 18, 1981) is a Hungarian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.^[1] He is a two-time SEC titleholder in the 50 and 200 m freestyle, and a former member of the swimming team for the South Carolina Gamecocks at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.^[2]

Szucs qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:50.79 (200 m freestyle) from the national championships in Budapest.^[3] In the 200 m freestyle, Szucs challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including three-time Olympian Jacob Carstensen of Denmark. He edged out South Korea's Han Kyu-Chul to take a seventh spot and thirty-second overall by two hundredths of a second (0.02) in 1:52.26.^[4][5] Szucs also teamed up with Balázs Gercsák, Balázs Makány, and Tamás Kerékjártó in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the anchor leg, Szucs recorded a split of 1:52.35, and the Hungarian team finished the heats in sixteenth overall with a slowest final time of 7:31.78.^[6]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tamás Szűcs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
2. "Another Proud College Announces Its Olympians. South Carolina Sends Four Swimmers, One Diver". Swimming World Magazine. 8 August 2004. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
3. "Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 5)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
4. "Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 5". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
5. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Men's 200 Freestyle Prelims: Thorpe Fastest in 1:47.22; Hoogie, Keller, Phelps and Hackett All in the Mix". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
6. "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

External links

• Player Bio – South Carolina Gamecocks