David Betlehem
Dávid Betlehem is a 21-year-old Hungarian pool and Olympic open water swimmer.
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Open Water Swimming Highlights
- On 20 July 2025, he won a bronze medal at the World Aquatics Championships in the 6 km Mixed Team Relay on Sentosa Island in Singapore at the age of 21 with Bettina Fabian, Viktoria Mihalyvari-Farkas, and Kristóf Rasovszky.
- On 19 July, he won a silver medal in the 3 km Knockout Sprints at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Sentosa Island in Singapore at the age of 21.
- On 4 February 2024, he finished sixth in the 10 km marathon swim at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar at the age of 20.
- On 18 September 2022, he won the Mixed 4x1500m Relay at the 2022 FINA World Junior Open Water Championships in the Seychelles together with Mira Szimcsak, Bettina Fabian, and Arshak Hambardzumyan.
- On 17 September 2022, he won the 5th FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship in Beau Vallon Bay in Mahé, Seychelles at the age of 19 by 4 minutes 32 seconds.
- He finished third in the 5 km 14-15 boys race at the 2018 FINA Open Water World Junior Swimming Championships in the Red Sea on 6 September 2018.
- He won silver in the 6 km team relay at the 2022 FINA World Championships with Anna Olasz, Reka Rohacs, Kristóf Rasovszky on 26 June 2022 in Lake Lupa, Hungary.
- He finished 6th in the 10 km FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Eilat, Israel on 12 December 2021.
2026 World Cup 3 km Knockout Sprints Results from Ibiza
1. David Betlehem, 22, Hungary 5:43.30
2. Gregorio Paltrinieri, 31, Italy, 5:45.20
3. Marc-Antoine Olivier, 29, France, 5:46.60
4. Logan Fontaine, 27, France 5:47.90
5. Andrea Filadelli, 25, Italy, 5:48.70
6. Matteo Diodato, 23, Italy, 5:52.10
7. Leonardo Brandt de Macedo, 20, Brazil, 5:56.20
8. Ethan Parker, 19, France, 5:57.80
9. Florian Wellbrock, 28, Germany, 5:58.20
10. Victor Moreno, 19, Brazil, 6:01.40
2024 Paris Olympics Male Results
1. Kristóf Rasovszky, Hungary 1:50:52.7
2. Oliver Klemet, Germany 1:50:54.8
3. Dávid Betlehem, Hungary 1:51:09.0
4. Domenico Acerenza, Italy 1:51:09.6
5. Logan Fontaine, France 1:51:47.9
6. Hector Pardoe, Great Britain 1:51:50.8
7. Marc-Antoine Olivier, France 1:51:50.9
8. Florian Wellbrock, Germany 1:51:54.4
9. Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy 1:51:58.0
10. Athanasios Charalampos Kynigakis, Greece 1:52:37.2
11. Nick Sloman, Australia 1:56:24.4
12. Paulo Strehlke Delgado, Mexico 1:56:28.4
13. Kyle Lee, Australia 1:56:42.5
14. Tobias Patrick Robinson, Great Britain, 1:56:43.0
15. Taishin Minamide, Japan 1:56:57.3
16. Matan Roditi, Israel 1:57:02.3
17. David Andres Farinango Berru, Ecuador 1:57:08.6
18. Daniel Wiffen, Ireland 1:57:20.1
19. Ivan Puskovitch, USA 1:57:52.5
20. Martin Straka, Czech Republic 1:57:52.9
21. Jan Hercog, Austria 2:01:03.8
22. Piotr Wozniak, Poland 2:02:38.6
23. Kuzey Tunçelli, Turkey 2:02:58.1
24. Felix Auboeck, Austria 2:03:00.5
25. Henrik Christiansen, Norway 2:03:38.2
DNF Guilherme Costa, Brazil
DNF Carlos Garach Benito, Spain
DNF Phillip Seidler, Namibia
DNF Emir Batur Albayrak, Turkey
DNS Victor Johansson, Sweden
DNS Ahmed Jaouadi, Tunisia
DNS David Johnston, USA
2024 Paris Olympic Games Marathon Swim Coverage
- Brilliant Swimming. Dávid Betlehem Swims to the Podium in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Finke Achieves The Improbable. His Rivals Head Towards The Seine
- Open Water Qualifies 1-2-3 in Olympic 1500m in the Pool
- 2024 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Prediction: Swimming in the Seine Will Be Spectacular
- Speed and Strategy on the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Course in the Fast-flowing Seine
- Growth of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Paris: Pool Specialists versus Open Water Specialists
- Breaking News: Details of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Paris
- Breaking News: Female Swimmers of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Paris
- Breaking News: Male Swimmers of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Paris
- Ignasi Vendrell Gervás Is Running The Show at the 2024 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Plan B For The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Whoa...The Speed of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Will Be Off The Charts...Daniel Wiffen to Compete
- 10 Days in Paris: The Swimming Life of Olympian Katie Grimes
- What Would You Do: Protest or Compete in the Seine at the Paris Olympics?
- Olympic Marathon Swimmers Getting Faster and Faster - like Oliver Klemet
- Goose Poo to Human Poo – Media Focus on Faecal Matter and Marathon Swimming Every Four Years
- Social Media Influencers in the Open Water: Who’s Who on Instagram
- Ana Marcela Cunha Is Nearing Her Peak Again As The Paris Olympics Nears
External links
- Moesha Johnson, David Betlehem Win 3 km Knockout Sprints at Golfo Aranci
- All For One. One For All. Italy Wins Mixed Relay In Front of Home Crowd at Golfo Aranci
- Moving In The Right Direction … Sacha Velly Wins the Golfo Aranci World Cup 10K
- Go To A Wide-Angle Shot … Moesha Johnson Wins the Golfo Aranci World Cup
- Wetsuits Are a Possibility for the LA28 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Betlehem Blast, Adding To The Open Water Swimming Lexicon
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Germany Wins Mixed Relay, Florian Wellbrock Anchors Team to 4th Gold Medal at the World Championships
- Florian Wellbrock Is Unbelievably Good, Sweeping Open Water at the World Championships
- Hungary Stands Out Throughout, Culminating in a Mixed Team Relay Victory, at the European Open Water Swimming Championships
- Kristóf Rasovszky Is First When It Counts at the European Championships 3 km Knockout Sprints
- Italian Aquaman Gregorio Paltrinieri Wins his 13th European Title
- Hungary (Kristóf Rasovszky) Wins Another European 10 km Title
- @betlehemdavid
- World Aquatics bio
- The Incredibles at the European Championships: Rasovszky, Betlehem, Paltrinieri, Olivier in the 10 km
- Changes in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Will Impact 10 km Marathon Swim
- What To Expect In LA28 for the Olympic Triathlon and Olympic 10K Marathon Swim?
- Olympic Marathon Swimmers Getting Faster and Faster - like Oliver Klemet
- Goose Poo to Human Poo – Media Focus on Faecal Matter and Marathon Swimming Every Four Years
- Open Water Swimmers Representing Very Well at World Championships
- Team Australia Takes the 4×1500 Mixed Relay Gold – Looking Fast Heading into the Paris Olympics
- Kristóf Rasovszky Wins 10K World Championships – Then The Unexpected Followed. Now The Wait Begins
- 10 Top Men on a Hot Streak in Open Water Swimming – October 2022
- Marc-Antoine Olivier Wins FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Eilat, Israel
- Hungary Sweeps Podium at FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship
- David Betlehem Anchors Hungary to Mixed Relay Gold and FINA Team Trophy Gold
- Gregorio Paltrinieri Wins Again at the Paris FINA Marathon Swim World Series
- Takeaways from the 2022 FINA World Championships
- Germany Captures 6K Team Relay Title at World Championships
- Florian Wellbrock, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Mykhailo Romanchuk On 5 km Podium at World Championships
- World Open Water Swimming Association
