He won two medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Verrasztó claimed silver in the men's 200 m backstroke, and bronze in the men's 400 m individual medley. Apart from that he twice became world champion in the 200 m backstroke during the 1970s.
His children, Evelyn Verrasztó and Dávid Verrasztó are also Olympic swimmers. He coached them to become European championship gold medalists.
zoltán, verrasztó, native, form, this, personal, name, verrasztó, zoltán, this, article, uses, western, name, order, when, mentioning, individuals, born, march, 1956, former, backstroke, medley, swimmer, from, hungary, verrasztó, zoltán, portraitpersonal, info. The native form of this personal name is Verraszto Zoltan This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals Zoltan Verraszto born 15 March 1956 is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Hungary Zoltan VerrasztoVerraszto Zoltan portraitPersonal informationFull nameVerraszto ZoltanNationalityHungarianBorn 1956 03 15 15 March 1956 age 68 Budapest Hungarian People s RepublicHeight1 76 m 5 ft 9 in Weight60 kg 132 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesbackstroke Individual medleyClubKozponti SportiskolaBudapesti Honved SportegyesuletMedal record Men s swimmingRepresenting HungaryOlympic Games1980 Moscow 200 m backstroke1980 Moscow 400 m medleyWorld Championships LC 1975 Cali 200 m backstroke1973 Belgrade 200 m backstroke1978 Berlin 200 m backstrokeEuropean Championships LC 1977 Jonkoping 200 m backstroke1974 Vienna 200 m backstroke1977 Jonkoping 100 m backstroke1974 Vienna 100 m backstrokeSummer Universiade1977 Sofia 200 m backstroke1977 Sofia 400 m medley1977 Sofia 100 m backstrokeEuropean Junior Championships LC 1971 Rotterdam 200 m medleyHe won two medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Soviet Union Verraszto claimed silver in the men s 200 m backstroke and bronze in the men s 400 m individual medley Apart from that he twice became world champion in the 200 m backstroke during the 1970s His children Evelyn Verraszto and David Verraszto are also Olympic swimmers He coached them to become European championship gold medalists External links editZoltan Verraszto at databaseOlympics com at the Wayback Machine archived 30 September 2007 Zoltan Verraszto at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived RecordsPreceded by nbsp Andras Hargitay Men s 400 metre individual medleyworld record holder long course 2 April 1976 25 July 1976 Succeeded by nbsp Rod Strachan nbsp nbsp This article about an Olympic medalist of Hungary is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a Hungarian swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zoltan Verraszto amp oldid 1215608399, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
