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Tamás Kenderesi

Personal information
Born	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 27) Bonyhád, Hungary
Height	1.86 m
Weight	74 kg
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Pécsi Sport Nonprofit Zrt.
Coach	Imre Tari, András Hargitay
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Hungary Olympic Games Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m butterfly European Championships (LC) Silver 2018 Glasgow 200 m butterfly Bronze 2016 London 200 m butterfly Bronze 2020 Budapest 200 m butterfly European Championships (SC) Bronze 2017 Copenhagen 200 m butterfly Summer Youth Olympics Gold 2014 Nanjing 200 m butterfly European Junior Championships Gold 2014 Dordrecht 200 m butterfly

Tamás Kenderesi (pronounced [ˈtɒmaːʃ ˈkɛndɛrɛʃi]; born 13 December 1996) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly. He is an Olympics and European Championships bronze medalist, and Youth Olympics gold medalist swimmer.

He was born in Bonyhad, but his family is from Aparhant in Tolna county. His mother is a teacher, his father is a toolmaker/entrepreneur. Kenderesi is the oldest child with 3 younger brothers. He started swimming in Pecs under coach, Imre Tari. His current club is the Pecsi Sport Nonprofit.

Kenderesi is studying at the University of Pecs with a major in coaching. After his swimming career ends he wants to be a swimming coach and be as successful as in swimming.

Career

In 2014 he won a gold medal in the 200 meter butterfly on the European Junior Swimming Championships, in Dordrecht. Later in 2014, Kenderesi swam at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. He placed 7th in the 100 meter butterfly and he won the 200 meter butterfly.

Kenderesi missed the 2015 World Aquatics Championships due to illness and he had to miss 3 months of practicing. Later the same year he swam at the European Short Course Championships which took place in Netanya, Israel, where he got 35th in the 100 meter butterfly and 9th in the 200 meter butterfly.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he qualified in first place for the semifinals in the 200 m butterfly, in which he qualified first for the final with a time of 1:53.96. He won the bronze medal with a time of 1:53.62.

In 2017 Kenderesi qualified for the 17th FINA World Championships, in Budapest where he placed 4th in the 200 meter butterfly. In December 2017 he won a bronze medal at the European Short Course Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark in the 200 meter butterfly.

Awards

• Cross of Merit of Hungary – Golden Cross (2016)

See also

In Spanish: Tamás Kenderesi para niños