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The native form of this personal name is Cseh László. This article uses the Western name order.

László Cseh

Personal information
Full name	László Cseh
Nationality	Hungary
Stroke(s)	individual medley, butterfly, backstroke,
Club	Köbánya Sport Club
Date of birth	3 December 1985 (1985-12-03) (age 24)
Place of birth	Halásztelek, Hungary
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	180 pounds (82 kg)
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for  Hungary Olympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing 200 m butterfly Silver 2008 Beijing 200 m medley Silver 2008 Beijing 400 m medley Bronze 2004 Athens[1] 400 m medley World Championships - Long Course Gold 2005 Montreal 400 m medley Silver 2003 Barcelona 400 m medley Silver 2005 Montreal 200 m medley Silver 2009 Rome 200 m medley Bronze 2005 Montreal[2] 100 m backstroke Bronze 2007 Melbourne[3] 200 m medley Bronze 2009 Rome 400 m medley European Championships (LC) Gold 2004 Madrid 100 m backstroke Gold 2004 Madrid 400 m medley Gold 2006 Budapest 200 m medley Gold 2006 Budapest 400 m medley Gold 2008 Eindhoven 200 m medley Gold 2008 Eindhoven 400 m medley Silver 2006 Budapest 200 m backstroke Bronze 2004 Madrid 4×100 m medley European Championships (SC) Gold 2003 Dublin 400 m medley Gold 2004 Vienna 400 m medley Gold 2005 Trieste 100 m backstroke Gold 2005 Trieste 200 m medley Gold 2005 Trieste 400 m medley Gold 2006 Helsinki 200 m medley Gold 2007 Debrecen 200 m medley Gold 2007 Debrecen 400 m medley Gold 2007 Debrecen 200 m butterfly Gold 2009 Istanbul 400 m medley Silver 2004 Vienna 200 m medley Silver 2006 Helsinki 400 m medley Silver 2006 Helsinki 200 m butterfly Bronze 2002 Riesa 400 m medley Bronze 2004 Vienna 100 m backstroke

László Cseh {{{2}}} (help·info)(born 3 December 1985 in Halásztelek, Hungary), is a four-time Olympic medalist Hungarian swimmer.

Personal

Cseh has competed in swimming from an early age, and has won numerous Hungarian swimming events. Cseh is coached by György Turi and Zoltán Nemes. He holds a scholarship with the Olympic Solidarity programme.

Swimming career

At the 2003 World Championships, Cseh captured a silver medal in the 400 m individual medley, his first medal at the highest level. He also finished 7th and 13th in the 100 and 200 metres backstroke, all in national record time.

Cseh represented Hungary at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece in the 400 m individual medley, 100 m backstroke, and the 200 m individual medley, despite having broke his ankle in the training camp on a stairway a couple of weeks before. Nevertheless, he won a bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley as well as coming in fourth in the 200 m individual medley.

At the 2005 World Championships, Cseh not only improved his national records, he excelled further up in the world rankings, and was coming into the meet as a serious medal contender in 3 events. With Michael Phelps backing out of the 400 m individual medley, Cseh picked up his first gold medal at the world championships.

Cseh failed to back up his previous performances in the 2007 World Championships, finishing outside the medals in the 400 m individual medley; however he did set a new national record in the 200 m individual medley, along with testing out the 200 m freestyle.

Cseh represented Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in three swimming events: the 400 m individual medley, the 200 m butterfly, and the 200 m individual medley. Despite setting the European record in all of them, in each he won the silver medal in each and came in second behind Michael Phelps, who won each event with a new world record.

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Cseh won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley and bronze in the 400 m individual medley.

Achievements

• 2004 Summer Olympics - Bronze medal (400 m individual medley)
• 2004 Summer Olympics - 4th Place (200 m individual medley)
• 2005 World Aquatics Championships - Gold medal (400 m individual medley)
• 2006 European Championships - Gold medal (100 m backstroke)
• 2006 European Championships - Gold medal (400 m individual medley)
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Silver medal (400 m individual medley)
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Silver medal (200 m butterfly)
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Silver medal (200 m individual medley)
• 2009 World Aquatics Championships - Silver medal (200 m individual medley)
• 2009 World Aquatics Championships - Bronze medal (400 m individual medley)

2009 13th European Short Course Swimming Championship (Istanbul) 'Gold medal and new world record' (400 m individual medley)

External links

• Official website
• Swim Rankings profile

References

Records
Preceded by George Bovell	Men's 200 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) 8 December 2005 – 7 April 2006	Succeeded by Ryan Lochte
Preceded by Thiago Pereira	Men's 200 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) 13 December 2007 – 11 April 2008	Succeeded by Ryan Lochte
Preceded by Brian Johns	Men's 400 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) 9 December 2005 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Ákos Braun	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 2006	Succeeded by Gábor Talmácsi
Preceded by Pieter van den Hoogenband	European Swimmer of the Year 2005 – 2006	Succeeded by Mateusz Sawrymowicz
Sporting positions
Preceded by Camelia Potec	Mare Nostrum Tour Overall Winner 2005	Succeeded by Leisel Jones