Tamas Kenderesi

Hosszu Gets Revenge on Day 4 of Hungarian SC Nats

Full Name:	Tamás Kenderesi
Born:	December 13th, 1996
	Bonyhád, Hungary
Nationality:	Hungary
Status:	Active

Tamás Kenderesi is a Hungarian butterfly specialist. He lives in Tolna, Hungary and trains under Imre Tari at Pecsi SN. He began swimming at the age of five because his mother encouraged him to try the sport. Fourteen years later, he won his first Olympic medal, a bronze in the 200 meter butterfly in Rio. Early Career Kenderesi was unbeatable in the 200 meter butterfly as a junior. At the 2014 European Junior Championships, he took the gold in 1:56.72, just missing the Junior World Record. He had a blistering final 50 meter split of 30.37 to take down his competition, finishing more than a body length ahead of the rest of the field. A month later at the Youth Olympic Games, Kenderesi finished on top of the podium again in the 200 meter butterfly. He finished in 1:55.95, almost two seconds ahead of his Hungary teammate Benjamin Gratz who took second. 2015 FINA World Championship The world championships in Kazan were supposed to be a coming-out party for the 18-year-old Hungarian. The defending Youth Olympic Champion was going into the championships ranked second in the world, but unfortunately he never made it to Kazan. He contracted mononucleosis in the run up to the …