László Cseh, Jr.

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Other
SexMale
Full nameLászló•Cseh, Jr.
Used nameLászló•Cseh, Jr.
Born3 December 1985 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Measurements188 cm / 83 kg
AffiliationsBudapesti Spartacus SC, Budapest (HUN) / Kőbánya SC, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 4
Bronze 2
Total 6

Biography

The son of backstroke swimmer László Cseh, Sr., László Cseh is an individual medley specialist. Unfortunately for him, his career coincided with that of swimming megastar Michael Phelps, also an expert in the medleys. This has deprived Cseh of all but one international level title. At the Beijing Olympics, he won three silvers (all behind Phelps), and he has similarly won six World Championships medals (three silver, three bronze) in medley events behind Phelps. The only exception came when Phelps skipped the 400 IM at the 2005 worlds, allowing Cseh to claim the world title. Outside of the medley events, he has also done well in the butterfly (one silver at the Beijing Games) and the backstroke (bronze at the 2005 Worlds). In European championships, with Phelps not competing, Cseh has been dominant. He has won four consecutive 400 IM titles (2004-2010), three consecutive 200 individual medley golds (2006-2010) and a gold in the 100 back (100 m). In the European Short Course Championships, he has collected 19 medals, of which 13 were gold. Six of these were won in the 400 IM. With Phelps rarely competing in short-course events, Cseh has been able to set short-course world records in the medley events on three occasions, all of which were broken by another US swimmer, Ryan Lochte.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
2004 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) HUN László Cseh, Jr.
100 metres Backstroke, Men (Olympic) 6
200 metres Individual Medley, Men (Olympic) 4
400 metres Individual Medley, Men (Olympic) 3 Bronze
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men (Olympic) Hungary 7
2008 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) HUN László Cseh, Jr.
200 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic) 2 Silver
200 metres Individual Medley, Men (Olympic) 2 Silver
400 metres Individual Medley, Men (Olympic) 2 Silver
2012 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) HUN László Cseh, Jr.
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic) Hungary 8
200 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic) 12
200 metres Individual Medley, Men (Olympic) 3 Bronze
400 metres Individual Medley, Men (Olympic) 9
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men (Olympic) Hungary 5
2016 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) HUN László Cseh, Jr.
100 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic) =2 Silver
200 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic) 7
2020 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) HUN László Cseh, Jr.
200 metres Individual Medley, Men (Olympic) 7

Other participations

Games Role NOC As
2020 Summer Olympics Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony HUN László Cseh, Jr.

Olympic family relations

Special Notes