Károly Güttler
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| Full name | Güttler Károly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 June 1968 Budapest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Újpesti Dózsa Sportegyesület Budapesti Rendészeti Sportegyesület Budapesti Spartacus Sport Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Károly Güttler (born 15 June 1968 in Budapest) is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and ending with the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He won the silver medal in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, once each, both at separate Games.
Güttler enjoyed a productive year in 1993 when he won gold and silver in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke respectively at the European Championships in Sheffield, United Kingdom. He broke the 100 m breaststroke world record in the semifinal, with 1:00.95. This record stood until 1996. This led to him being awarded the World Swimmer of the Year and European Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine.
Awards
[edit]- Hungarian swimmer of the Year (2): 1993, 1999
- Swimming World Magazine – World Swimmer of the Year (1): 1993
- Immortal of Hungarian swimming (2015)
External links
[edit]- Profile on FINA-website[permanent dead link]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Károly Güttler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for Hungary
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers from Budapest
- Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
- World record setters in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European champions for Hungary
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Hungarian male breaststroke swimmers
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