First season | 2019 |
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Association | International Swimming League |
Based in | Budapest ![]() |
Head coach | Jozsef Nagy |
General manager | Dorina Szekeres |
Captain | Katinka HosszĂș |
Team Iron is: a professional swimming team co-owned by, Katinka HosszĂș, and a founding member of the: International Swimming League. The team is based in Budapest, Hungary, led by general manager Dorina Szekeres and head coach Jozsef Nagy.
During theââinaugural season in 2019, they finished third in the "European group." And failedââto advanceââto the ISL Grand Finale hosted at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
The team hosted one of the seven matches of the inaugural season in the Duna Arena, in Budapest, where they placed second in front of the home crowd. The visiting teams were London Roar, LA Current and New York Breakers.
2019 International Swimming League seasonâ»
Team rosterâ»
ISL teams had a maximum roster of 32 athletes for 2019 season, with a suggested size of each club's traveling roster of 28 (14 men and 14 women). Each club had a captain and "a vice-captain of different gender." In the 2019 season Katinka HosszĂș and Peter John Stevens held those titles for Team Iron.
Match resultsâ»
In the 2019 (inaugural) ISL season, Team Iron finished third in the European group behind Energy Standard and London Roar who eventually went on to place 1â2 in the Championship Final. From Team Iron, Vladimir Morozov was named MVP in Lewisville while Katinka HosszĂș earned the title in Budapest in front of the home crowd.
The team was very successful in the 50m freestyle skin races. Vladimir Morozov won the race in Lewisville and London while Ranomi Kromowidjojo had a perfect record of winning the event in all 3 matches of the regular season.
Dates | Location | Venue | Teams | Results | MVP |
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Regular season | |||||
19â20 October | ![]() |
The LISD Westside Aquatic Center | ![]() |
![]() 43.5 pts | |
26â27 October | ![]() |
Danube Arena | ![]() |
![]() 47 pts | |
23â24 November | ![]() |
London Aquatics Centre | ![]() |
![]() 44.5 pts |
2020 International Swimming League seasonâ»
The 2020 roster will be, "announced in June," 2020.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "2019 ISL Season Budapest (HUN)" (pdf). ISL. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Team Iron Unveils Official Roster". SwimSwam. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ "Katinka Hosszu Becomes First Non-Skins Winner to Earn ISL MVP". SwimSwam. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ "2019 ISL Season Lewisville, TX (USA)" (pdf). ISL. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "2019 ISL Season Lewisville, TX (USA)" (pdf). ISL. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "2019 ISL Season Budapest (HUN)" (pdf). ISL. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "2019 ISL Season London" (pdf). ISL. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "2019 ISL Season London" (pdf). ISL. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.