Orsolya Ferenczy

Orsolya "Orsi" Ferenczy (born 25 June 1984) is a Hungarian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] She captured a bronze medal from the European Junior Championships, and later represented Hungary, as a 16-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Ferenczy also held a national record in the 100 m butterfly (1:00.37), until it was later broken by Beatrix Boulsevicz in 2003.[2]

Orsolya Ferenczy

Personal information
Full name	Orsolya Ferenczy
Nickname(s)	Orsi
National team	Hungary
Born	25 June 1984 Vác, Hungary
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Budapest Honvéd
College team	University of Maryland (U.S.)
Coach	József Nagy Jim Wenhold (U.S.)
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Hungary European Junior Championships 2000 Dunkerque 50 m butterfly

Ferenczy made her own swimming history, as a 16-year-old teen newcomer, at the 2000 European Junior Swimming Championships in Dunkerque, France, where she earned a bronze medal in the 50 m butterfly with a time of 28.07, finishing behind Israel's Vered Borochovski and Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder by more than half a second (0.50).[3]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Ferenczy competed only in two swimming events. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:01.01 from the Hungarian Championships in Budapest.[4] On the first day of the Games, Ferenczy placed twenty-third in the 100 m butterfly. Swimming in heat four, she faded down the stretch from second at the final turn to share a third seed with Belgium's Fabienne Dufour in a matching time of 1:01.15.[5][6] Ferenczy also teamed up with Ágnes Kovács, Gyöngyver Lakos, and Annamária Kiss in the 4×100 m medley relay. Swimming the butterfly leg in heat one, Ferenczy posted a split of 1:00.61, but the Hungarians raced to the fifth spot and thirteenth overall in a final time of 4:11.11.[7][8][9]

Ferenczy also attended the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, where she majored in psychology and played for the Maryland Terrapins swimming and water polo team, under head coach Jim Wenhold, from 2003 to 2007.[10] While swimming for the Terrapins, she posted a career best in the 100-yard butterfly (57.31) at the 2003 NCAA Division I Championships.[11]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Orsolya Ferenczy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
2. "Kovacs Upset At Hungarian Nationals". Swimming World Magazine. 16 July 1999. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
3. "Tucatnyi felnőttbajnoki cím az ifi Eb-n" [Dozens of swimmers take titles at the European Junior Championships] (in Hungarian). Kataca.hu. 27 July 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
4. "Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
5. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 225. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
6. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 363. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
8. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 4×100m Medley Relay)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
9. "Sydney 2000: Swimming Results (September 22, 2000)". Sydney 2000. ESPN. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
10. "2003–2004 Maryland Terrapins Swimming and Diving Guide – Women's Team: Orsi Ferenczy" (PDF). Maryland Terrapins. University of Maryland. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
11. "NCAA Div 1: Maryland Sweeps Johns Hopkins, Howard". Swimming World Magazine. 1 November 2003. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

External links

• Profile – Kataca.hu (in Hungarian)
• Player Bio – Maryland Terrapins