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The native form of this personal name is Gyurta Dániel. This article uses the Western name order.

Dániel Gyurta

Personal information
Full name	Gyurta Dániel
Nickname(s)	Dani
Nationality	Hungary
Stroke(s)	Breaststroke
Club	A Jövő SC
Date of birth	May 4, 1989 (1989-05-04) (age 20)
Place of birth	Budapest,
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Weight	77 kilograms (170 lb)
Medal record Men's Swimming Competitor for  Hungary Olympic Games Silver 2004 Athens 200 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) Gold 2009 Rome 200 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) Gold 2006 Helsinki 200 m breaststroke Gold 2007 Debrecen 200 m breaststroke Gold 2009 Istanbul 200 m breaststroke Silver 2009 Istanbul 100 m breaststroke

Dániel Gyurta (born May 4, 1989 in Szombathely, Vas) is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12 2008. Also known as Dani, he was only 15 years old when he won a silver medal (with 2.10.80) in the men's 200m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.

Gyurta, unlike his rivals Brendan Hansen and Kosuke Kitajima in the 200m breaststroke in Athens, swims a relaxed and slow first 100 and sprints the second 100 meters. Hansen and Kitajima "go out hard and fast and try to hold on for comeback", but Gyurta "swims a completely different race. Goes out slowly and then comes back like a train".

On August 12, 2008 he set an Olympic record in the preliminaries of the 200m breaststroke at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing. His record was broken one day later by Kitajima in the semi-finals.

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships he won gold medal in 200m breaststroke, edging out Eric Shanteau in the last meters.

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