Károly Güttler

Károly Güttler (born 15 June 1968 in Budapest) is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and ending with the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He won the silver medal in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, once each, both at separate Games.

The native form of this personal name is Güttler Károly. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Károly Güttler

Personal information
Full name	Güttler Károly
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1968-06-15) 15 June 1968 Budapest
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Újpesti Dózsa Sportegyesület Budapesti Rendészeti Sportegyesület Budapesti Spartacus Sport Club
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 100 m breaststroke 1996 Atlanta 200 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) 1994 Rome 100 m breaststroke 1994 Rome 200 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) 1993 Sheffield 100 m breaststroke 1993 Sheffield 200 m breaststroke 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m medley 1995 Vienna 100 m breaststroke 1995 Vienna 200 m breaststroke 1995 Vienna 4×100 m medley 1997 Seville 100 m breaststroke 1999 Istanbul 50 m breaststroke 2002 Berlin 50 m breaststroke

Güttler enjoyed a productive year in 1993 when he won gold and silver in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke respectively at the European Championships in Sheffield, United Kingdom. He broke the 100 m breaststroke world record in the semifinal, with 1:00.95. This record stood until 1996. This led to him being awarded the World Swimmer of the Year and European Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine.

Awards

• Hungarian swimmer of the Year (2): 1993, 1999
• Swimming World Magazine – World Swimmer of the Year (1): 1993
• Immortal of Hungarian swimming (2015)

External links

• Profile on FINA-website
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Károly Güttler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

Records
Preceded by Norbert Rózsa	World Record Holder Men's 100 Breaststroke 3 August 1993 – 20 July 1996	Succeeded by Fred Deburghgraeve
Awards
Preceded by Yevgeny Sadovyi	World Swimmer of the Year 1993	Succeeded by Kieren Perkins
Preceded by Yevgeny Sadovyi	European Swimmer of the Year 1993	Succeeded by Alexander Popov