Balázs Makány
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Balázs Makány |
| National team |
 Hungary |
| Born |
23 May 1987 Pécs, Hungary |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Kőbánya SC |
| College team | Texas A&M University (U.S.) |
| Coach | Gyorgy Turi |
Balázs Makány (born May 23, 1987) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in sprint and relay freestyle events.[1] Makany is a member of Kőbánya Swimming Club, and is coached and trained by Gyorgy Turi. He is also a varsity swimmer for the Texas A&M Aggies, and a graduate of computer science at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
Makany made his first Hungarian team, as a 17-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, along with his teammates Balázs Gercsák, Tamás Szűcs, and four-time Olympian Tamás Kerékjártó. Swimming the third leg, Gercsak recorded a split of 1:52.75, and the Hungarian team went on to finish heat two in last place, for a total time of 7:31.78.[2]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Makany competed as an individual swimmer in the men's 100 m freestyle. Leading up to his second Games, he cleared the FINA B-standard entry time of 49.79 at the Hungarian National Trials in Budapest to secure a selection on the Olympic team.[3][4] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including Czech Republic's Martin Verner and Shaune Fraser of the Cayman Islands. Makany raced to a second-place tie with Lithuania's Paulius Viktoravičius, posting a personal best of 49.27 seconds. Makany, however, failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminary heats.[5]
References
- ↑ "Balázs Makány". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "A&M's Makany, Picasso Qualify for Second Olympic Games". Texas A&M Aggies. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 6. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 5". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 December 2012.