János Becsey (born 2 February 1968) is a retired Hungarian Paralympic swimmer. He competed at the Paralympic Games six times and won five medals, including two golds at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona. In addition, he is also a four-time World Championships gold medalist.

He was inspired to start swimming after watching the 1976 Summer Olympics, when he was only eight years old, and began training at age of 6.

János Becsey

Becsey has cerebral paresis on his right side due to oxygen deprivation and a stroke when he was an infant.

János Becsey

References

1968 births

Living people

Swimmers from Budapest

Paralympic swimmers for Hungary

Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships

Hungarian male freestyle swimmers

S7-classified para swimmers

János Becsey