The Hungarian Olympic Heros

Hosszú Katinka (1989 –)

who has won the Olympic Games three times in swimming

Hosszú Katinka is the most famous Hungarian swimmer, the Olympic champion who has won the Olympic Games three times, who has won the World Championship nine times and she has won the European Championship fourteen times.

She is the first swimmer who broke the records in all strokes (200 m, 400 m, short distance: 100 m, 200 m, 400 m).

Between 1996 and 2002 she lived and studied in Baja. After taking her school leaving exams in 2008 she started studying at University of Southern California. In 2012 she graduated as a psychologist.

In 2013. she got married her American coach Shane Tusuphoz. Unfortunately, they divorced in 2018.

Katinka founded the Iron Swim Club in 2018. A lot of good swimmers have their trainings here. The Iron Swim swimming school is for youngsters, teenagers and adults.