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Tamás Deutsch

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Tamás Deutsch
Personal information
Full nameDeutsch Tamás
NationalityHungarian
Born (1969-12-04) 4 December 1969 (age 54)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubBudapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület
Medal record
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Rome 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Rome 4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Rio de Janeiro 200 m backstroke
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1995 Vienna 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Athens 4×100 m medley
European Junior Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1985 Geneva 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1985 Geneva 100 m bacstroke

Tamás Deutsch (born 4 December 1969 in Budapest) is a male former backstroke swimmer from Hungary.

Swimming career

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Deutsch competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988.[1] He won a bronze medal over 200 m at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships. Despite being of Hungarian nationality he won the ASA National British Championships 200 metres backstroke title in 1990.[2]

He competed in the 1989 Maccabiah Games, in Israel.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 28 July 1990, p. 31". Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ "Jewish Post 9 August 1989 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.