Katinka Hosszú

Katinka Hosszú (Hungarian: [ˈkɒtiŋkɒ ˈhossuː]; born 3 May 1989) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer specialized in individual medley events. She is a three-time Olympic champion and a nine-time long-course world champion.[3] She is owner of a Budapest based swim school and swim club called Iron Swim Budapest, and co-owner[4] and captain of Team Iron, founding member of the International Swimming League.

The native form of this personal name is Hosszú Katinka. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Katinka Hosszú
Personal information
Nickname(s)"Iron Lady"[1][2]
National team Hungary
Born (1989-05-03) 3 May 1989
Pécs, Hungary
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, medley, backstroke, butterfly
ClubIron Swim, Team Iron (ISL)
College teamUniversity of Southern California

Hosszú is the current world record holder in 100-meter individual medley, 200-meter individual medley (long course and short course), 400-meter individual medley (long course) and 200-meter backstroke (short course). She was the first swimmer (male or female) to hold world records in all five individual medley events at the same time. She holds two-thirds of the Hungarian national records. Hosszu was named FINA Swimmer of the Year in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018,[5] and won SwimSwam's Swammy Award for Female Swimmer of the Year in 2013.[6]

She has competed at four Summer Olympics: 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Hosszú currently swims for her own team Iron Swim Budapest. After a long tenure under head coach Shane Tusup, who was her husband,[7] following their divorce Hosszú was coached by Dave Salo before moving onto Árpád Petrov.[8] At the end of 2019 she parted ways with Petrov, and started coaching herself for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[9]

She is one of the most versatile swimmers in the world, and was nicknamed the "Iron Lady",[1][2] which she has since turned into a fast growing international brand.[10] In 2014 she became the first race-prize dollar millionaire (man or woman) in swimming history.[11]

According to Forbes magazine she is considered the most valuable Hungarian athlete, ranking the first position for the last five years.[12]

Personal life

Katinka Hosszú was born in Pécs, Hungary, the daughter of Barbara Bakos and István Hosszú. She is the youngest of three (Gergely and Ádám). Katinka grew up in Baja, Hungary and was coached in swimming by her grandfather, László Bakos until the age of 13. Hosszú met her future husband Shane Tusup in 2009, when they were both freshmen at the University of Southern California. After being crushed under the pressure of expectations at the 2012 London Olympics and not medalling, she asked her then boyfriend Tusup to become her coach, replacing her coach since her U.S.C. swim team days, Dave Salo. After the Olympics, at the Beijing World Cup swim meet, she competed in 8 events, medalling in 5 of them, leading to Chinese newspapers says she was made out of iron, leading to her nickname, The Iron Lady. Hosszú married Tusup in 2013.[13] Hosszú and husband Tusup opened their own swim club in Hungary, Iron Aquatics in September 2016.[14]

On 16 February 2018 Hosszú filed for divorce from Tusup.[15] On 25 May 2018 Hosszú's Facebook page was deleted by Tusup, who was the sole administrator of the page.[16] However, on 6 June 2018 she regained access to her Facebook page with the assistance of activist and women's rights defender Matan Uziel.[17]

In August 2016, Hosszú lost a defamation lawsuit against writer Casey Barrett, magazine Swimming World, and publisher Sports Publications International, Incorporated. She had filed the lawsuit in November 2015 after the magazine published an article on its website in May 2015 questioning whether Hosszú was using performance-enhancing substances, despite Hosszú never having been found to use such substances. The lawsuit was dismissed because the judge ruled the article to clearly be an opinion piece.[18]

Swimming career

Hosszú is renowned throughout the swimming world for swimming many events well in a short space of time. During the third leg of the 2014 FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup, organised in the Victoria Park Swimming Pool of Hong Kong, she got an unprecedented achievement winning 12 medals out of the 17 individual events for the two-day meet. 10 gold (200m, 400m and 800m free, 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke, 200m butterfly, 100m, 200m and 400m individual medley) and 2 silver (50m free and 50m butterfly).[19][20][21][22]

Hosszú is an active part of the swimming community as well. She is one of those 30 swimmers who have founded the Global Association of Professional Swimmers in 2017.[23] She is also working on reforming swimming as an entertainment by being the ambassador for the International Swimming League, a new initiative with the aim of organizing and reorganizing swimming competitions.[24]

2004 Summer Olympics
See also: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Hosszú made her international debut at the age of 15 representing Hungary at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she competed in a single event 200-meter freestyle finishing in position number 31 (2:04.22).

2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships

She won her first medal at the 2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships, a bronze in the 400-meter individual medley (4:35,41).

2005 European Junior Swimming Championships

At the 2005 European Junior Swimming Championships held in Budapest she won three gold medals in 200m freestyle, 400m individual medley and the 4×100m freestyle relay. Two silver medals in 400m freestyle and the 4×200m freestyle relay. And a bronze medal in the 800m freestyle.

2008 European Championships

She won her first long course medal at the 2008 European Championships, a silver in 400-meter individual medley (4:37.43).

2009 World Championships
See also: Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

At the 2009 World Championships she won two bronze medals in the 200-meter individual medley and 200-meter butterfly before becoming World Champion in the 400-meter individual medley. She was elected Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year for her achievements.

2010 European Championships

At the 2010 European Championships held in her home country, she won a silver medal in 400 m medley and became European Champion in 200 m butterfly, 200 m medley and as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team.

2011 NCAA Championships

In 2011 Hosszú had one of the finest seasons in college history winning 3 individual National Championships: 200y IM (1:53.39), 400y IM (3:59.75) and 200y fly (1:51.69). She was named Pac-10 Swimmer of the Year,[25] CSCAA Swimmer of the Year[26] and got the Honda Sports Award in swimming and diving, designating her as the nation's top collegiate female athlete for this year in this sport.[27][28][29]

2012 Summer Olympics
See also: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished fourth in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:33.49, just outside of the medals. She also finished eighth in the 200-meter individual medley and missed the finals for the 200-meter butterfly.

Despite that after the disappointment at the 2012 London Olympics, Tamás Gyárfás, the then president of the Hungarian Swimming Association even advised her to retire, she decided not to give up her swimming career and since then she has been coached by her husband Shane Tusup, a former American professional swimmer himself.

2013

In 2013, Hosszú set out to redeem herself after her medal-less performance at the 2012 Olympics. She attended numerous competitions and swam highly rigorous programs at each one, earning herself the nickname of the "Iron Lady". She earned three medals (two gold, one bronze) at the World Championships and a gold and two silvers at the European Championships. She also amassed a total of 24 golds and broke 6 world records during the World Cup series.[30]

2013 World Championships
See also: Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
2013 World Championships
200 m individual medley2:07.92
400 m individual medley4:30.41
200 m butterfly 2:05.59

At the 2013 World Championships, she pulled out of the 100 m backstroke after qualifying second in the heats (preliminary races), to concentrate on the final of the 200 m individual medley which she subsequently won with a time of 2:07.92. She then touched third in the 200 m butterfly behind Liu Zige and Mireia Belmonte. She capped off her competition with a final gold in the 400 m individual medley, finishing in 4:30.41.

2013 World Cup Series
Hosszú in 2013

Throughout the 2013 World Cup series, she set world records in 100-meter IM, 200-meter IM, and 400-meter IM, breaking the 200-meter record twice and 100-meter record three times.

2014

In 2014, Hosszú broke the short course world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter individual backstroke events and in 100-, 200-, and 400-meter individual medleys.

2015 World Championships
See also: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
2015 World Championships
200 m individual medley2:06.12 (WR)
400 m individual medley4:30.39
200 m backstroke 2:06.84
Hosszú (right), Emily Seebohm of Australia and Missy Franklin of U.S in the victory ceremony of 2015 World Aquatics Championships

At the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Hosszú again dealt with a monster programme, competing in the 200- and 400-meter individual medley, 100- and 200-meter backstroke, 100- and 200-meter freestyle, and 200-meter butterfly. She posted the top time in the prelims of the 100-meter backstroke, but elected to pull out of the semifinal to concentrate on the 200-meter individual medley final, a decision which ultimately paid off. She broke the previous world record set by Ariana Kukors back in 2009 in a stunning time of 2:06.12. Hosszú's time of 58.78 in the prelims of the 100-meter backstroke would have earned her a bronze medal in the final; however the 200-meter individual medley final was 30 minutes after the backstroke semifinal and swimming it might have cost her the gold medal and the world record in the 200-meter individual medley. In addition, Hosszú won bronze in the 200-meter backstroke, placed fifth in the 200-meter freestyle, and capped it off with a victory in the 400-meter individual medley on the last day.

2015 European Short Course Championships

Hosszú won six gold medals at the 2015 European Short Course Championships, sweeping all three backstroke and three individual medley events. She broke world records in the 100- and 400-meter individual medleys.

2016 Summer Olympics
See also: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics
2016 Olympics
100 m backstroke 58.45
200 m individual medley 2:06.58 (OR)
400 m individual medley 4:26.36 (WR)
200 m backstroke 2:06.05
Katinka Hosszú in Rio 2016

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Hosszú won the gold medal and broke the world record in the 400-meter individual medley,[31] won the gold medal and broke the Olympic record in the 200-meter individual medley, and won a third gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke.[32] She also won a silver in the 200-meter backstroke behind American Maya DiRado.[33] With 3 gold medals and 1 silver, Hosszú won more medals in individual events than any other swimmer in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2016 World Short Course Championships

In the World Short Course Championships in Windsor, Hosszú won a record 9 individual medals (7 gold and 2 silver) and reached 11 individual finals. She won the 100-, 200-, and 400-meter individual medley, 100- and 200-meter butterfly, and 100- and 200-meter backstroke. Additionally, she took silver in the 200-meter freestyle and 50-meter backstroke.

2017 Swim Open Stockholm

In April, Hosszú competed in Swim Open Stockholm and won the 1500-meter freestyle event with a time of 16:22.30.[34] She came second in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:57.01, finishing behind Michelle Coleman. She also came second in the 50-meter backstroke event with a time of 28.54.[35]

2017 World Championships
See also: Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

At the 2017 World Championships in her home country Hungary, Hosszú swam another rigorous schedule. She won her first gold medal in the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:07.00.[36] She also won the gold medal and broke the Championships record in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:29.33.[37]

2018 European Championships

At the 2018 European Championship in Glasgow Hosszú won the gold medal in the 200-meter individual medley becoming the first female swimmer to win the same event in five consecutive editions (2010-2018). She joined her compatriot László Cseh who achieved the same twice, in the 400m IM (2004-2012) and in the 200m IM (2006-2014).[38][39]

2019 World Championships
See also: Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
2019 World Championships
200 m individual medley2:07.53
400 m individual medley4:30.39

At the 2019 World Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, Hosszú became the first female swimmer ever to win four straight world titles (2013-2019) in a single event (200m IM).[40][41] Six days later she also won the gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley to become the first woman to win five world titles in the same event[42] and only the second swimmer after Michael Phelps who achieved the same feat in the 200m fly.[43]

FINA World Cup

On November the 1st Hosszú claimed her 300th overall gold medal at the FINA Swimming World Cup. [44]

International Swimming League

The Hosszú-owned professional swim team, Team Iron was founding member of the International Swimming League. She was co-captain of the team alongside Peter John Stevens. During the 2019 International Swimming League season, Hosszú won the 200IM, 400IM and 200 fly events all 3 times the team competed. She also earned MVP title[45] in the ISL Budapest match in Duna Arena.[46]

Personal best times

Long course
Event Time Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 24.89 (r) São Paulo 21 April 2014 NR
100 m freestyle 53.64 Singapore 5 September 2014 NR
200 m freestyle 1:55.41 Dubai 6 November 2015 NR
400 m freestyle 4:04.96 Bergen 29 May 2016
50 m backstroke 27.99 Dubai 6 November 2015 NR
100 m backstroke 58.45 Rio de Janeiro 8 August 2016 NR
200 m backstroke 2:05.85 Budapest 29 July 2017 NR
200 m butterfly 2:04.27 Rome 26 July 2009 ER
200 m IM 2:06.12 Kazan 3 August 2015 WR, ER, NR
400 m IM 4:26.36 Rio de Janeiro 6 August 2016 WR, ER, NR

Short course
Event Time Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 24.43 Saint-Paul 29 December 2014 NR
100 m freestyle 52.37 Saint-Paul 30 December 2014 NR
200 m freestyle 1:51.18 Doha 7 December 2014 NR
400 m freestyle 3:58.84 Netanya 6 December 2015 NR
50 m backstroke 25.95 Copenhagen 16 December 2017 NR
100 m backstroke 55.03 Doha 4 December 2014 Former WR, ER, NR
200 m backstroke 1:59.23 Doha 5 December 2014 WR, ER, NR
200 m butterfly 2:01.12 Doha 3 December 2014 NR
200 m breaststroke 2:20.63 Kaposvár 13 December 2019 NR
100 m IM 56.51 Berlin 7 August 2017 WR, ER, NR
200 m IM 2:01.86 Doha 6 December 2014 WR, ER, NR
400 m IM 4:19.46 (h) Netanya 2 December 2015 NR
400 yd IM 3:56.54 California 16 March 2012 Former WR

International championships (50 m)
Meet 100 free 200 free 400 free 50 back 100 back 200 back 100 fly 200 fly 200 medley 400 medley 4×100 free 4×200 free 4×100 medley
OG 200431st
WC 2005
EC 200615th8th9thDSQ(h)8th
WC 200725th12th11th
EC 200849th22nd6th6th
OG 200817th12th
WC 20098th6th14th
EC 20104th
WC 201119th6th15th5th
EC 20124th6th
OG 20129th8th4th9th
WC 20139thh[a]6th
EC 2014sf[b]15th16thh[a]
WC 20155thh[a]13th
EC 2016
OG 20166th
WC 20177thh[a]6th
EC 20184th8th
WC 201917th8th6th
a Hosszu qualified from the heats, but scratched the semi finals
b Hosszu qualified from the semi finals, but scratched the final

See also

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Awards
Preceded by
Ildikó Mincza-Nébald
Éva Risztov
Danuta Kozák		 Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year
2009
2013 – 2017
2019		 Succeeded by
Natasa Dusev-Janics
Danuta Kozák
Incumbent
Preceded by
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Sarah Sjöström
Sarah Sjöström		 European Swimmer of the Year
2013, 2014
2016
2019		 Succeeded by
Sarah Sjöström
Sarah Sjöström
incumbent
Preceded by
Katie Ledecky
Sarah Sjöström		 FINA Swimmer of the Year
2014 – 2016
2018		 Succeeded by
Sarah Sjöström
Incumbent
Records
Preceded by
Julia Smit		 Women's 200 metre individual medley
world record holder (short course)
7 August 2013 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Hinkelien Schreuder		 Women's 100 metre individual medley
world record holder (short course)
8 August 2013 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Julia Smit
Mireia Belmonte		 Women's 400 metre individual medley
world record holder (short course)
11 August 2013 – 3 December 2014
2 December 2015 – 12 August 2017		 Succeeded by
Mireia Belmonte
Mireia Belmonte
Preceded by
Shiho Sakai		 Women's 100 backstroke
world record holder (short course)
4 December 2014 – 27 October 2019		 Succeeded by
Minna Atherton
Preceded by
Missy Franklin		 Women's 200 backstroke
world record holder (short course)
5 December 2014 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Ariana Kukors		 Women's 200 metre individual medley
world record holder (long course)
3 August 2015 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Ye Shiwen		 Women's 400 metre individual medley
world record holder (long course)
6 August 2016 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Therese Alshammar		 Female World Cup Overall Winner
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016		 Succeeded by
Sarah Sjöström


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