Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jácint Simon (born February 4, 1979 in Kecskemét) is a retired Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events. He represented Hungary at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also trained for the swim team at Ferencvárosi Torna Club in Budapest under his longtime coach Csaba Sós.Simon attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he majored in business marketing and played for the UNLV Rebels swimming and diving team, under head coach Jim Weitz, from 1998 to 2002. While swimming for the Rebels, he posted top-ten career bests in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.27), 500-yard freestyle (4:21.19), and 1650-yard freestyle (15:41.93), all from the 2001 Mountain West Conference (MWC) Championships in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He also received a total of four All-American honors from the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, and three successive MWC awards as the Men's Swimmer of the Year from 2000 to 2002. Gathering a laundry list of accomplishments in college career, Simon was among the seven former athletes, including Romanian swimmer Lorena Diaconescu, to be officially inducted to the UNLV Rebels Hall of Fame in 2012.Simon competed for Hungary in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Teaming with Attila Czene, Zsolt Gáspár, and Bela Szabados in heat one, Simon swam the third leg and recorded a split of 1:50.32, but the Hungarians missed the top 8 final by almost a full second with a tenth-place time of 7:24.48, worthy enough for a national record.. }
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- Jácint_Simon abstract "Jácint Simon (born February 4, 1979 in Kecskemét) is a retired Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events. He represented Hungary at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also trained for the swim team at Ferencvárosi Torna Club in Budapest under his longtime coach Csaba Sós.Simon attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he majored in business marketing and played for the UNLV Rebels swimming and diving team, under head coach Jim Weitz, from 1998 to 2002. While swimming for the Rebels, he posted top-ten career bests in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.27), 500-yard freestyle (4:21.19), and 1650-yard freestyle (15:41.93), all from the 2001 Mountain West Conference (MWC) Championships in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He also received a total of four All-American honors from the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, and three successive MWC awards as the Men's Swimmer of the Year from 2000 to 2002. Gathering a laundry list of accomplishments in college career, Simon was among the seven former athletes, including Romanian swimmer Lorena Diaconescu, to be officially inducted to the UNLV Rebels Hall of Fame in 2012.Simon competed for Hungary in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Teaming with Attila Czene, Zsolt Gáspár, and Bela Szabados in heat one, Simon swam the third leg and recorded a split of 1:50.32, but the Hungarians missed the top 8 final by almost a full second with a tenth-place time of 7:24.48, worthy enough for a national record.".