Réka György

Réka György
Personal information
Born (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 (age 28)
Üllő, Hungary[2]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[3]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke, butterfly, medley[1]
College teamVirginia Tech Hokies

Réka György (born 25 May 1996) is a Hungarian swimmer who currently competes as part of the Virginia Tech swimming team. She competed in the women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

In March 2022, György wrote an open letter criticizing the NCAA in their policy to allow transgender women to participate.[5] Gyorgy had placed 17th in the preliminaries for the 500 freestyle in the NCAA Championships, which made her first alternate and therefore out of the consolation final, which includes the top 16 finishers.[6] In the letter, she stated that she "feels like that final spot was taken away" from her due to the NCAA's decision to allow Lia Thomas to compete.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Reka GYORGY – Results". FINA. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Reka Gyorgy - Swimming & Diving". Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Réka György - Player Profile - Swimming". Eurosport. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Reka Gyorgy". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Virginia Tech Swimmer Criticizes the NCAA's 'Disrespectful' Swim Policy". National Review. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  6. ^ "17th-Place Finisher in 500 Reka Gyorgy Pens Letter to NCAA on Transgender Rules". SwimSwam. 20 March 2022.
  7. ^ "UPDATE 1-Fact Check-No evidence swimmer Reka Gyorgy tweeted that trans athlete Lia Thomas stole her NCAA finals spot". Reuters. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.


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