SWIMMER

Tamás Darnyi

1967 - Today

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Tamás Darnyi (born 3 June 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian retired male swimmer. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest medley swimmers in history. He won four gold medals at two Olympic Games (1988 and 1992) and was unbeaten in the individual medley events from 1985 until his retirement in 1993. He is the first swimmer ever to swim the 200 m medley (long course) in less than 2 minutes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Tamás Darnyi is the 221st most popular swimmer (down from 209th in 2024), the 838th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 843rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Hungarian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Tamás Darnyi ranks 221 out of 709. Before him are Keena Rothhammer, Wilhelm Lützow, Petra Thümer, Hilda James, Katinka Hosszú, and Ute Geweniger. After him are Caren Metschuck, Judy Grinham, Stephen Rerych, Ines Geissler, László Cseh, and Audrey Mestre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Tamás Darnyi ranks 496. Before him are Risto Laakkonen, Lupita Jones, Dmitry Bykov, Brett Anderson, Toshihiko Koga, and Valeria Marini. After him are Alcindo Sartori, William DuVall, Olga Tañón, Michael Schjønberg, Paul Accola, and Yoshiro Moriyama.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Tamás Darnyi ranks 838 out of 1,077. Before him are Tamás Faragó (1952), Mihály Hesz (1943), Zsolt Semjén (1962), Zoltán Gera (1979), István Timár (1940), and Katinka Hosszú (1989). After him are Ilona Massey (1910), Zsolt Baumgartner (1981), György Nébald (1956), Imre Bujdosó (1959), Péter Fülöp Kocsis (1963), and Péter Márki-Zay (1972).

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Among SWIMMERS In Hungary

Among swimmers born in Hungary, Tamás Darnyi ranks 18. Before him are Géza Kádas (1926), György Mitró (1930), Elemér Szathmáry (1926), Krisztina Egerszegi (1974), Albán Vermes (1957), and Katinka Hosszú (1989). After him are László Cseh (1985), Andrea Gyarmati (1954), Zoltán Verrasztó (1956), Sándor Wladár (1963), Károly Güttler (1968), and József Szabó (1969).

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