Bettina Fábián

Bettina Fábián (born 13 December 2004) is a Hungarian swimmer who specializes in open water swimming. She represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life Fábián was born and raised in Szeged, where she competed and trained with the local Szeged Úszó Egylet Club. She moved to Budapest, Hungary in 2021 to train with the Ferencvárosi Torna Club. She briefly swam for North Carolina State University in the fall of 2024, where she was managed and trained by head coach Braden Holloway. When the University was unable to train her and Hungarian teammate David Betlehem with a greater focus on distance swimming, she and Betlehem left the University in the fall of 2024 to pursue training more focused on long distance events, though she had planned to return to the university in January 2025.

Career At the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome, in July 2021, Fábián won a gold medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, and a silver medal in the 400 metre freestyle, with a time of 4:10.16.

In September, at the 2022 World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Seychelles, she won the gold medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 2:03:11.4.

In January 2023, she committed to swim at NC State. In July 2023, she competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, and won a silver medal in the team relay with a time of 1:10:35.3.

In February 2024, she competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, and won a bronze medal in the team relay with a time of 1:04:06.8. She then competed at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade in June 2024, and won a gold medal in the team relay and a bronze medal in the 5 km open water event. In August 2024, she represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and finished in fifth place in the 10 km open water marathon with a time of 2:04.16.9.

In July 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore and won bronze medals in the 3 km knockout sprints and team open water events.

In August 2026, she competed at 2026 European Aquatics Championships in Paris and won a silver medal in the 3 km knockout sprint and a bronze medal in the mixed team relay.

Personal life Her sister, Fanni Fábián, is also a swimmer.