Károly Güttler

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The native form of this personal name is Güttler Károly. This article uses the Western name order.

Medal record
Men's Swimming
Competitor for  Hungary
Olympic Games
Silver	1988 Seoul	100 m Breaststroke
Silver	1996 Atlanta	200 m Breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold	1993 Sheffield	100 m Breaststroke
Silver	1993 Sheffield	200 m Breaststroke
Silver	1993 Sheffield	4x100 m Medley
Silver	1995 Vienna	100 m Breaststroke
Silver	1995 Vienna	200 m Breaststroke
Silver	1995 Vienna	4x100 m Medley
Silver	1997 Seville	100 m Breaststroke
Bronze	1999 Istanbul	50 m Breaststroke
Bronze	2002 Berlin	50 m Breaststroke

Károly Güttler (born June 15, 1968 in Budapest) is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and ending with the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He won the silver medal in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, once each, both at separate Games.

Güttler enjoyed a productive year in 1993 when he won gold and silver in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke respectively at the European Championships in Sheffield, United Kingdom. This led to him being awarded the World Swimmer of the Year and European Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine.

[edit] External links

• Profile on FINA-website

Awards
Preceded by Yevgeny Sadovyi	World Swimmer of the Year 1993	Succeeded by Kieren Perkins
Preceded by Yevgeny Sadovyi	European Swimmer of the Year 1993	Succeeded by Alexander Popov