Balázs Makány, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Balázs Makány

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 23-May-1987

Place of Birth: Pécs, Baranya County, Hungary

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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Balázs Makány (born May 23, 1987) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in sprint and relay freestyle events.
Makany is a member of Kobánya Swimming Club, and is coached and trained by Gyorgy Turi.
He is also a varsity swimmer for the Texas A&M Aggies, and a graduate of computer science at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Makany made his first Hungarian team, as a 17-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, along with his teammates Balázs Gercsák, Tamás Szucs, and four-time Olympian Tamás Kerékjártó.
Swimming the third leg, Gercsak recorded a split of 1:52.75, and the Hungarian team went on to finish heat two in last place, for a total time of 7:31.78.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Makany competed as an individual swimmer in the men's 100 m freestyle.
Leading up to his second Games, he cleared the FINA B-standard entry time of 49.79 at the Hungarian National Trials in Budapest to secure a selection on the Olympic team.
He challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including Czech Republic's Martin Verner and Shaune Fraser of the Cayman Islands.
Makany raced to a second-place tie with Lithuania's Paulius Viktoravicius, posting a personal best of 49.27 seconds.
Makany, however, failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminary heats.