Dániel Mészáros (born 27 September 2004) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer. He is a 2022 European Aquatics Championships gold medalist in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay and silver medals in the 200-metre freestyle and 4×200-metre freestyle relay.

Background Mészáros was born 27 September 2004 in Budapest and trains with Ferencvárosi TC swim club."Mészáros Dániel (FTC)" . Hungarian Swimming Association. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

Career 2021–2022 At the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships, held in July in Rome, Italy, Mészáros won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, swimming the lead-off leg of the relay in the final in 50.43 seconds to contribute to the final mark of 3:31.85, and placed sixth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, ninth in the 4×100-metre medley relay, tenth in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 20th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 30th in the 200-metre individual medley.LEN (12 July 2021). "LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rome - Italy: Complete Results Book". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 11 September 2022. The following year, at the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships held in July in Otopeni, Romania, he placed fourth in the 200-metre freestyle, with a time of 1:48.89 that equalled his personal best time in the event, placed sixth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, contributing to the final time of 7:24.64 with a lead-off time of 1:49.98, and placed seventh in the 400-metre freestyle with a time of 3:53.54.LEN (10 July 2022). "Romania 2022 LEN European Junior Swimming Championships: Complete Results Book". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 11 September 2022."Úszás: többen az európai élmezőnyben az ifi Eb indulói közül" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022."Úszás: Pádár- és váltóarany, Komoróczy és Székely a dobogón a második napon a bukaresti ifjúsági Eb-n" (in Hungarian). utanpotlassport.hu. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

On the first day of swimming competition at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in August at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, Mészáros won a gold medal as part of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:49.48 for the seconds leg of the relay in the preliminary heats to help qualify the relay to the final ranking sixth, where the finals relay finished first in a time of 7:05.38."A legjobb idővel döntős az úszó Eb-n a 4×100-as férfi gyorsváltó" (in Hungarian). Magyar Hírlap. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.LEN (17 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Complete Results Book". Microplus. Retrieved 11 September 2022. Three days later, on 14 August, he placed 28th in the 200-metre freestyle with a time of 1:50.60. For his final two events, he placed fourth in the 4×200-metre mixed freestyle relay with a final mark of 7:34.55, swimming on both the prelims relay and the finals relay on 16 August, and 26th in the 400-metre freestyle on 17 August with a time of 3:54.70.

2022 World Junior Championships

Starting his competition on day one of the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held starting 30 August in Lima, Peru, Mészáros swam on both the prelims and finals relays in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, helping place fifth in the final in 3:20.59 by splitting a 49.55 for the anchor leg of the relay."Mészáros Dániel vb-ezüstérmes Peruban" (in Hungarian). Fradi. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.FINA (4 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Complete Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 11 September 2022. The following day, he won the silver medal in the 200-metre freestyle with a time of 1:48.98, which was 2.80 seconds behind gold medalist David Popovici of Romania and 0.07 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Filippo Bertoni of Italy.FINA (31 August 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 October 2022."Úszás: Molnáré a második magyar arany, Mészáros ezüstérmes az ifi vb-n" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022. The third day, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, contributing a lead-off time of 50.79 seconds to the final mark of 3:30.03 achieved by him and his finals relay teammates Benedek Bóna, Nikolett Pádár, and Dóra Molnár.FINA (1 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 October 2022. On 2 September, he split a 1:48.01 for the fourth leg of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay in the final to help win the silver medal with a time of 7:17.55, which was less than half a second behind the gold medal-winning team from Italy.FINA (2 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 October 2022."Újabb két ezüstérem!" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022. Day six of six, 4 September, he contributed a time of 51.10 seconds for the freestyle leg of the 4×100-metre medley relay in the preliminaries to help qualify the relay to the final ranking fifth before Benedek Bóna substituted in for him on the finals relay and the finals relay was disqualified for an early start by the second leg swimmer.

2022 Hungarian Short Course Championships In November, at the 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships in Kaposvár, Mészáros placed sixth in the final of the 400-metre freestyle on the first day of competition with a time of 3:47.99."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 400 m férfi gyors" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022. The second day of competition, he followed up with a personal best time of 23.00 seconds in the 50-metre freestyle to place sixth in the b-final."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 50 m férfi gyors" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022. In his final event, the 200-metre freestyle on day three, he achieved a personal best time of 1:45.40 in the final to place fifth, finishing 1.86 seconds behind gold medalist Kristóf Milák."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 200 m férfi gyors" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022. The following month, he won the bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle on day one of the 2023 Hungarian Junior National Short Course Championships with a personal best time of 49.07 seconds."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 100 m férfi gyors" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023. On the second day, he won the gold medal in the 400-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 3:44.36, which was 1.14 seconds faster than the silver medalist."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 400 m férfi gyors" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023."Komoróczy Lora a harmadik aranyérmét nyerte az utánpótlás rövid pályás ob-n" (in Hungarian). utanpotlassport.hu. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023. In the 200-metre freestyle on the third day, he lowered his personal best time to a 1:44.92 and won the gold medal, finishing 1.61 seconds ahead of silver medalist Benedek Bóna."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 200 m férfi gyors" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023. He placed fourth in the 800-metre freestyle on the final day with a personal best time of 8:01.14."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 800 m férfi gyors" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

International championships (50 m) Meet200 free400 free200 medley4×100 free4×200 free4×100 medley4×100 mixed free4×200 mixed free Junior level EJC 2021 20th 30th 10th 6th 9th EJC 2022 4th 7th 6th WJC 2022 5th DSQ Senior level EC 2022 28th 26th 4th Mészáros swam only in the preliminary heats. Mészáros was not a member of the finals relay that was disqualified.

Personal best times Long course metres (50 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref 50 m freestyle 23.68 2022 Hungarian Youth Championships Kaposvár 2 June 2022 17 "MESZAROS, Daniel: Personal Bests". swimrankings.net. Retrieved 20 April 2023. 100 m freestyle 50.71 2022 Hungarian Youth Championships Kaposvár 3 June 2022 17 200 m freestyle 1:48.89 2022 European Junior Championships Otopeni, Romania 6 July 2022 17 400 m freestyle 3:52.57 15th Gyor Open Győr 17 December 2021 17"Daniel Meszaros". FINA. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

Short course metres (25 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref 50 m freestyle 23.00 b 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships Kaposvár 17 November 2022 18 100 m freestyle 49.07 2022 Hungarian Junior National Short Course Championships Szeged 7 December 2022 18 200 m freestyle 1:44.92 2022 Hungarian Junior National Short Course Championships Szeged 9 December 2022 18 400 m freestyle 3:44.36 2022 Hungarian Junior National Short Course Championships Szeged 8 December 2022 18 800 m freestyle 8:01.14 2022 Hungarian Junior National Short Course Championships Szeged 10 December 2022 18 Legend: b – b-final

Awards and honours M4 Sport, Hungarian Youth Athletes Performance of the Year (individual sports, mixed team): 2022 (4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay at the 2022 World Junior Championships)"Varga Ádám és Pádár Nikolett 2022 legjobb utánpótláskorú sportolója" (in Hungarian). M4 Sport. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

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