International Swim League (ISL) squad Iron Swim Budapest has revealed additional squad members set to join the Katinka Hosszu-led lineup for its inaugural racing season.
Erik Persson from Sweden, Adam Telegdy and Katalin Burian of Hungary, plus Maria Ugolkova of Switzerland have been added to Iron Swim Budapest, each adding more firepower to the roster that already includes the likes of Alia Atkinson, Vlad Morozov, Jeremy Desplanches and Ranomi Kromowidjojo.
25-year-old Persson is a 2016 Olympian who holds Sweden’s national records across the 100m breast and 200m breast in times of 1:00.08 and 2:07.85, respectively. Persson most recently competed at this year’s World Championships in Gwangju where he finished 8th in the men’s 200m breast in a mark of 2:08.39.
Burian was also in Gwangju, representing Hungary in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke races. The 24-year-old’s highest finish came in the 200m back where Burian finished 7th in a time of 2:08.65. She owns a personal best in the event of 2:07.43, a time she produced for bronze at the 2018 European Championships.
As for Burian’s Hungarian teammate Telegdy, the 23-year-old contested the 200m back at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio where he wound up 19th in 1:59.09. He followed up with a 9th place finish in the event at the 2017 World Championships and improved to 7th place in Gwangju in 1:56.86.
For Ugolkova’s part, the Swiss dynamo owns 3 individual national records, including the 200m free in 1:58.77, the 200m back in 2:13.26 and the 200m IM in 2:10.72. The latter time was achieved at this year’s World Championships where Ugolkova finished 9th.
Below is the Iron Swim Budapest roster as of August 27, 2019:
- Veronika Andrusenko
- Alia Atkinson
- Ajna Késely
- Kim Busch
- Kimberly Buys
- Henrik Christiansen
- Dávid Verrasztó
- Jérémy Desplanches
- Dominik Kozma
- Robert Glinta
- Maddie Groves
- Katinka Hosszú
- Kristóf Milák
- Ranomi Kromowidjojo
- Jenna Laukkanen
- Fanny Lecluyse
- Vladimir Morozov
- Mie Nielsen
- Peter John Stevens
- Sebastian Szabo
- Pieter Timmers
- Kira Toussaint
- Jessica Vall
- Zsuzsanna Jakabos
- Richard Bohus
- Ross Murdoch
- Maria Ugolkova
- Adam Telegdy
- Katalin Burian
- Erik Persson
It would be cool if you could update us on each teams roster because a few people have been added since the first announcements and it would be interesting to see how many more spots are on each roster.
Correction: Telegdy had a 7th place finish in the 200m back in Gwangju.