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Mészáros at the 2022 European Championships
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| Nickname(s) | Titi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 22) Győr, Hungary[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Győri AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Róbert Szűcs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Krisztofer Mészáros (born 5 September 2001)[2] is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. At the 2022 European Championships, he won the silver medal on floor exercise and was Hungary's first European silver medalist on floor exercise. He won a bronze medal with the Hungarian team at the 2020 European Championships. He will represent Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Mészáros followed his sister into gymnastics, and he was inspired by watching Krisztián Berki win Olympic gold in 2012.[3]
Mészáros finished eighth with the Hungarian team at the 2016 European Junior Championships.[4] At the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival, he finished eighth in the floor exercise final and 24th in the all-around.[5] He then won three silver medals at the 2017 Olympic Hopes Cup- on floor exercise, pommel horse, and still rings.[6] He finished 14th in the all-around and seventh on the pommel horse at the 2018 European Junior Championships.[7][8]
Mészáros began competing in senior international competitions in 2019. He competed at the 2019 European and 2019 World Championships but did not qualify for any finals.[9][10] At the 2020 European Championships, he helped the Hungarian team win the bronze medal behind Ukraine and Turkey.[11] In the event finals, he finished sixth on floor exercise and pommel horse and fifth on parallel bars.[12]
Mészáros won his first FIG World Cup medal at the Osijek World Challenge Cup with a bronze on the pommel horse.[13] He then qualified for the all-around final at the 2021 World Championships- the first Hungarian gymnast to do so since 1999 - and finished 14th.[3]
Mészáros began the 2022 season at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, finishing eighth on floor exercise, fourth on pommel horse, and fifth on parallel bars.[14] Then at the Koper World Challenge Cup, he won the bronze medal on the pommel horse.[15] He helped the Hungarian team finished sixth at the 2022 European Championships, and he finished sixth in the all-around.[16][17] In the floor exercise final, he won the silver medal behind the defending Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat.[18] This marked the first time a Hungarian gymnast won a European silver medal on floor exercise, after Róbert Gál and György Guczoghy won bronze medals on the event.[19] At the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, Mészáros won his first FIG World Cup title on the horizontal bar.[20] Then at the World Championships, he once again finished 14th in the all-around final.[21]
Mészáros finished 17th in the all-around final and fifth in the horizontal bar final at the 2023 European Championships.[22][23] He won four medals at the 2023 Tel Aviv World Challenge Cup- gold on floor exercise and vault and silver on pommel horse and parallel bars- making him the most decorated gymnast of the event.[24] Then at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, he won the bronze medal on floor exercise.[25] He then won three medals at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup- gold on floor exercise, silver on parallel bars, and bronze on horizontal bar.[26] At the end of the World Challenge Cup series, he was ranked first on parallel bars and top five on every event besides still rings.[27] Mészáros finished 18th all-around in the qualification round of the 2023 World Championships.[28] As one of the top eight gymnasts not from a country that qualified a full team, he earned an individual quota for the 2024 Olympic Games.[29] He finished 11th in the all-around final with a total score of 81.665.[30]
