Lora Fanni Komoróczy (born 22 February 2006) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint backstroke and butterfly events. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, she won the gold medal in the 50-metre backstroke and placed eighth in the final of the 50-metre butterfly. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, she placed seventeenth in the 50-metre backstroke.
Background Komoróczy was born 22 February 2006 in Budapest and currently trains with Iron SE swim club under the guidance of coach Imre Takács."Komoróczy Lora" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. Retrieved 14 September 2022."Lora Fanni Komoroczy". FINA. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
Career 2021–2022 As a 15-year-old at the 2021 Hungarian Short Course Championships in Kaposvár in November, Komoróczy won the gold medal in the 50-metre backstroke, setting a new youth record, the fastest time swum in the event by a female Hungarian swimmer 17 years of age or younger.Vince, Bruckner (9 December 2021). "Úszás: Komoróczy Lora Fanni jövőre már az ifi Eb-n is ott lenne" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. Retrieved 14 September 2022. The following year, at the senior 2022 World Aquatics Championships, with pool swimming competition held in June at Danube Arena in Budapest, she placed seventeenth overall in the 50-metre backstroke with a time of 28.49 seconds.FINA (21 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 September 2022."Vizes vb: Kapás, Kós és Német is döntős; Milák világbajnok lett – ez történt kedden" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
2022 European Junior Championships At the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships, held in July Otopeni, Romania, Komoróczy won the silver medal in the 50-metre backstroke with a personal best time of 28.31 seconds, finishing 0.31 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Roos Vanotterdijk of Belgium."Komoróczy Lora ezüstérmes lett 50 m háton a Romániában zajló ifi Európa-bajnokságon" (in Hungarian). utanpotlassport.hu. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.LEN (10 July 2022). "Romania 2022 LEN European Junior Swimming Championships: Complete Results Book". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 14 September 2022. For her other events, she won a silver medal as part of the 4×100-metre medley relay, swimming butterfly in both the preliminary heats and the final, placed fourth in the final of the 100-metre backstroke with a personal best time of 1:01.80, placed fourth in the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, swimming butterfly in the preliminaries and backstroke in the final, placed thirteenth in the semifinals of the 50-metre butterfly with a 27.46, and placed seventeenth in the 100-metre butterfly with a personal best time of 1:01.97.
2022 World Junior Championships
In the preliminaries of the 100-metre backstroke on day one of the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, conducted beginning 30 August in Lima, Peru, Komoróczy placed 20th in the 100-metre backstroke with a time of 1:04.86.FINA (30 August 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 September 2022. The next day, she helped rank third in the preliminaries of the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, swimming the backstroke leg in 1:03.13, and qualify the relay to the final, where she was substituted out and the finals relay was disqualified for early start by the male swimmer on the butterfly leg of the relay.FINA (31 August 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 September 2022.FINA (31 August 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 September 2022. Two days later, she started off the evening session with a time of 28.48 seconds and overall first-rank in the semifinals of the 50-metre backstroke, qualifying for the final the following day.FINA (2 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 50m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 September 2022."Úszás: két ezüsttel folytatták a magyar fiatalok a limai ifjúsági vb-n" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022. In her second event of the evening, she placed eighth in the final of the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 27.66 seconds, which was 1.28 seconds behind gold medalist Jana Pavalić of Croatia.FINA (2 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
Komoróczy began the fifth day of competition in the morning by not starting the 100-metre butterfly preliminaries.FINA (3 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 September 2022. In the evening session, she won the gold medal in the 50-metre backstroke with a time of 28.51 seconds, finishing 0.19 seconds ahead of silver medalist Aimi Nagaoka of Japan and 0.42 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Sara Curtis of Italy.FINA (3 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 50m Backstroke Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 September 2022.OA Sport (3 September 2022). "Nuoto, Mondiali giovanili 2022: 4×100 sl donne d'argento e Sara Curtis bronzo nei 50 dorso" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 14 September 2022."Két magyar arany szombaton" (in Hungarian). delmagyar.hu. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022."Újabb két arany, visszaelőzés" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022."Új csillag a magyar úszósport egén: Komoróczy Lora". Index. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022. The sixth and final day, she helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the final of the 4×100-metre medley relay in 4:09.33, splitting a 1:01.60 for the butterfly leg of the relay.FINA (4 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 September 2022."Úszás: óriási magyar különcsata 200 gyorson az ifi vb-n" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
2022 Hungarian Short Course Championships For the 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships, held in November in Kaposvár when Komoróczy was 16 years old, she won the national title and gold medal in the 50-metre backstroke with a personal best time of 27.09 seconds on day one, which was over eight-tenths of a second faster than the second-place finisher."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 50 m női hát" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022. The second day, she won the bronze medal in the 100-metre backstroke with a personal best time of 59.84 seconds and then placed fourth in the final of the 100-metre individual medley with a personal best time of 1:01.29."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 100 m női hát" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 100 m női vegyes" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022. The following evening, she won the gold medal and national title in the 50-metre butterfly with a personal best time of 26.56 seconds."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 50 m női pillangó" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022. Day four of four, she achieved an eighth-place finish in the final of the 100-metre butterfly with a personal best time of 1:00.25."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 100 m női pillangó" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
In December, at the 2023 Hungarian Junior National Short Course Championships in Szeged, Komoróczy won the gold medal in the 100-metre backstroke with a personal best time of 59.69 seconds on day two."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 100 m női hát" (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. Later in the finals session, she achieved another personal best time, this time finishing in 25.74 seconds in the 50-metre freestyle to win the silver medal 0.68 seconds behind gold medalist Nikolett Pádár."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 50 m női gyors" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023. She also achieved a pair of gold medals in breaststroke events each with a personal best time, first the 100-metre breaststroke on day one with a 1:08.77, then the 50-metre breaststroke with a 31.88 on day four."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 100 m női mell" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 50 m női mell" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
2023 On the first day of the 2023 Hungarian National Championships in Kaposvár, 19 April, Komoróczy won the national title in the 50-metre backstroke with a time of 28.48 seconds."Campionati ungheresi. Tutti i vincitori della prima giornata" (in Italian). nuoto.com. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023. Two days later, she achieved a time of 27.25 seconds in the final of the 50-metre butterfly and won the silver medal."CXXV. Országos Bajnokság: ABSZOLÚT EREDMÉNY 50 m női pillangó" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
International championships (50 m) Meet50 backstroke100 backstroke50 butterfly100 butterfly4×100 medley4×100 mixed medley Junior level EJC 2022 4th 13th 17th 4th WJC 2022 20th 8th DNS 4th DSQ Senior level WC 2022 17th Komoróczy swam only in the preliminary heats. Komoróczy was not a member of the finals relay that was disqualified.
Personal best times Long course meters (50 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref 50 m backstroke 28.02 2024 European Swimming Championships Belgrade, Serbia 20 June 2024 16 100 m backstroke 1:01.08 2024 European Swimming Championships Belgrade, Serbia 23 June 2024 16 50 m breaststroke 32.50 2023 Hungarian Youth National Championships Kaposvár 5 August 2023 16 50 m butterfly 26.83 2024 European Swimming Championships Belgrade, Serbia 18 June 2024 16 100 m butterfly 58.93 2024 Hungarian National Championships Budapest, Hungary 12 April 2024 16
Short course metres (25 m pool)