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Tamas Sors

Swimming
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
S9, SB9, SM9

Further personal information

Residence
Pécs, HUN
Occupation
Student
Languages
Hungarian
Higher education
Law - University of Pecs: Hungary

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He began swimming in 1998 in Pecs, Hungary.
Why this sport?
He began the sport in order to stay healthy.
Club / Team
ANK Uszoklub: Pécs, HUN
Name of coach
Arpad Jancsik [club], HUN; Janos Becsey [national], HUN

General interest

Nicknames
Carp (utanpotlassport.hu, 30 Aug 2012)
Hobbies
Playing computer games. (pecsma.hu, 07 Feb 2015)
Memorable sporting achievement
Winning three medals [one gold, one silver, one bronze] at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Play hard." (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)
Other sports
He has competed in able-bodied swimming at the World University Games. (budapest.cafebabel.com, 21 Sep 2008)
Impairment
He was born without the lower part of his right arm. (budapest.cafebabel.com, 21 Sep 2008)
Other information
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In December 2017 he was elected to serve as a member of the World Para Swimming Athletes' Advisory Group [AAG] from 2018 to 2021. (paralympic.org, 08 Dec 2017)

CHANGE OF APPROACH
He initially decided to retire from competitive Para swimming after the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, but changed his mind and chose to continue competing, although only in shorter distance events. "The week-long training camps and weekly 11 training sessions practically filled my childhood and younger years. Now I want something else. At the same time, preparation and less training can still have good results. As long as I feel pleasure and strength I will continue." (mindenamisport.com, 24 May 2017; lokal.hu, 27 Oct 2016)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Heat 1 2
Men's 100 m Backstroke S9 Heat 2 6
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Heat 2 1
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Final Round 1
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Heat 2 4
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 Heat 1 6
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Heat 1 4
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Final Round 5
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Heat 2 3
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Final Round 7
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 Heat 1 2
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 Final Round 4
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Final Round 1
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Heat 1 1
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Final Round 3
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Heat 3 3
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Final Round 5
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Heat 1 1
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Final Round 3
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Heat 1 1
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Heats 11
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Heats 13
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 Final Round 7
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 Heats 7
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Heats 14
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Final Round 3
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Heats 1
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Heat 2 2012-08-30 1
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Final Round 2012-08-30 1
Men's 100 m Backstroke S9 Final Round 2012-08-31 7
Men's 100 m Backstroke S9 Heat 2 2012-08-31 3
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Final Round 2012-09-04 2
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Heat 1 2012-09-04 3
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Heat 3 2012-09-05 2
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Final Round 2012-09-05 7
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 Heat 1 2012-09-06 9999
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Final Round 2012-09-07 3
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Heat 3 2012-09-07 3
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 Final 1 2013-08-13 4
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 Heat 2 2013-08-13 2
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Heat 2 2013-08-17 1
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Final 1 2013-08-17 2
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 Heat 2 2016-09-11 2
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 Final Round 2016-09-11 2
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Final Round 2016-09-12 6
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Heat 3 2016-09-12 3
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Heat 3 2016-09-13 4
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Final Round 2016-09-13 4
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Final Round 2016-09-15 3
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Heat 1 2016-09-15 1
Mexico City 2017 World Para Swimming Championships (Mexico City, Mexico)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Heat 1 2017-12-04 10
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Heat 2 2017-12-07 7
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Final 1 2017-12-07 7