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Hungarian swimming team
Team Iron
First season2019
AssociationInternational Swimming League
Based inBudapest Hungary
Head coachJozsef Nagy
General managerDorina Szekeres
CaptainKatinka Hosszú

Team Iron is a professional swimming team co-owned by Katinka Hosszú, and a founding member of the International Swimming League. The team is based in Budapest, Hungary, led by general manager Dorina Szekeres and head coach Jozsef Nagy.

During the inaugural season in 2019, they finished third in the European group and failed to advance to the ISL Grand Finale hosted at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

The team hosted one of the seven matches of the inaugural season in the Duna Arena, in Budapest, where they placed second in front of the home crowd. The visiting teams were London Roar, LA Current and New York Breakers.

2019 International Swimming League season

Team roster

ISL teams had a maximum roster of 32 athletes for 2019 season, with a suggested size of each club's traveling roster of 28 (14 men and 14 women). Each club had a captain and a vice-captain of different gender. In the 2019 season Katinka Hosszú and Peter John Stevens held those titles for Team Iron.

Hungary Team Iron
Men Women
United States Gunnar Bentz Russia Veronika Andrusenko
Hungary Richárd Bohus Jamaica Alia Atkinson
Norway Henrik Christiansen Hungary Katalin Burián
Switzerland Jérémy Desplanches Netherlands Kim Busch
Romania Robert Glință Belgium Kimberly Buys
Hungary Gergely Gyurta Hungary Katinka Hosszú (C)
Hungary Dominik Kozma Hungary Zsuzsanna Jakabos
Hungary Kristóf Milák Hungary Ajna Késely
Russia Vladimir Morozov Netherlands Ranomi Kromowidjojo
United Kingdom Ross Murdoch Finland Jenna Laukkanen
Sweden Erik Persson Belgium Fanny Lecluyse
Slovenia Peter John Stevens (C) Denmark Mie Nielsen
Hungary Szebasztián Szabó Netherlands Kira Toussaint
Hungary Ádám Telegdy Spain Jessica Vall
Belgium Pieter Timmers Switzerland Maria Ugolkova
Hungary Dávid Verrasztó

Match results

In the 2019 (inaugural) ISL season, Team Iron finished third in the European group behind Energy Standard and London Roar who eventually went on to place 1–2 in the Championship Final. From Team Iron, Vladimir Morozov was named MVP in Lewisville while Katinka Hosszú earned the title in Budapest in front of the home crowd.

The team was very successful in the 50m freestyle skin races. Vladimir Morozov won the race in Lewisville and London while Ranomi Kromowidjojo had a perfect record of winning the event in all 3 matches of the regular season.

Dates Location Venue Teams Results MVP
Regular season
19–20 October United States Lewisville The LISD Westside Aquatic Center Hungary Team Iron

United States LA Current

United Kingdom London Roar

United States New York Breakers

Russia Vladimir Morozov

(Hungary Team Iron)

43.5 pts

26–27 October Hungary Budapest Danube Arena Hungary Team Iron

United States LA Current

United Kingdom London Roar

United States New York Breakers

Hungary Katinka Hosszú

(Hungary Team Iron)

47 pts

23–24 November United Kingdom London London Aquatics Centre Italy Aqua Centurions

France Energy Standard

Hungary Team Iron

United Kingdom London Roar

South Africa Chad le Clos

(France Energy Standard)

44.5 pts

2020 International Swimming League season

The 2020 roster will be announced in June, 2020.

References

  1. ^ "2019 ISL Season Budapest (HUN)" (pdf). ISL. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  2. "Team Iron Unveils Official Roster". SwimSwam. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  3. "Katinka Hosszu Becomes First Non-Skins Winner to Earn ISL MVP". SwimSwam. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  4. "2019 ISL Season Lewisville, TX (USA)" (pdf). ISL. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. "2019 ISL Season Lewisville, TX (USA)" (pdf). ISL. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  6. "2019 ISL Season Budapest (HUN)" (pdf). ISL. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  7. "2019 ISL Season London" (pdf). ISL. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. "2019 ISL Season London" (pdf). ISL. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
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