Team Iron is a professional swimming team co-owned by Katinka Hosszú, 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.

Team Iron
First season2019
AssociationInternational Swimming League
Based inBudapest Hungary
Head coachJozsef Nagy
General managerDorina Szekeres
CaptainKatinka Hosszú

During the inaugural season in 2019, they finished third in the European group and failed to advance to 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[1] in front of the home crowd. The visiting teams were London Roar, LA Current and New York Breakers.

2019 International Swimming League season edit

Team roster edit

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 Hosszú and Peter John Stevens held those titles for Team Iron.

  Team Iron[2]
Men Women
  Gunnar Bentz   Veronika Andrusenko
  Richárd Bohus   Alia Atkinson
  Henrik Christiansen   Katalin Burián
  Jérémy Desplanches   Kim Busch
  Robert Glință   Kimberly Buys
  Gergely Gyurta   Katinka Hosszú (C)
  Dominik Kozma   Zsuzsanna Jakabos
  Kristóf Milák   Ajna Késely
  Vladimir Morozov   Ranomi Kromowidjojo
  Ross Murdoch   Jenna Laukkanen
  Erik Persson   Fanny Lecluyse
  Peter John Stevens (C)   Mie Nielsen
  Szebasztián Szabó   Kira Toussaint
  Ádám Telegdy   Jessica Vall
  Pieter Timmers   Maria Ugolkova
  Dávid Verrasztó

Match results edit

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 1–2 in the Championship Final. From Team Iron, Vladimir Morozov was named MVP in Lewisville while Katinka Hosszú earned the title [3] 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
Regular season
19–20 October   Lewisville The LISD Westside Aquatic Center   Team Iron

  LA Current

  London Roar

  New York Breakers

[4][5]   Vladimir Morozov

(  Team Iron)

43.5 pts

26–27 October   Budapest Danube Arena   Team Iron

  LA Current

  London Roar

  New York Breakers

[6][1]   Katinka Hosszú

(  Team Iron)

47 pts

23–24 November   London London Aquatics Centre   Aqua Centurions

  Energy Standard

  Team Iron

  London Roar

[7][8]   Chad le Clos

(  Energy Standard)

44.5 pts

2020 International Swimming League season edit

The 2020 roster will be announced in June, 2020.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2019 ISL Season Budapest (HUN)" (pdf). ISL. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Team Iron Unveils Official Roster". SwimSwam. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  3. ^ "Katinka Hosszu Becomes First Non-Skins Winner to Earn ISL MVP". SwimSwam. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  4. ^ "2019 ISL Season Lewisville, TX (USA)" (pdf). ISL. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 ISL Season Lewisville, TX (USA)" (pdf). ISL. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 ISL Season Budapest (HUN)" (pdf). ISL. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  7. ^ "2019 ISL Season London" (pdf). ISL. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. ^ "2019 ISL Season London" (pdf). ISL. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.