Éva Székely
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  Hungary |
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| Women's swimming | |||
| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | 200 m breaststroke | |
| Silver | 1956 Melbourne | 200 m breaststroke | |
Éva Székely (born on April 3, 1927 in Budapest) is a Hungarian retired female swimmer. She won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and the silver meal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Her daughter, Andrea Gyarmati was a backstroke and butterfly swimmer who won two medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Her husband Dezső Gyarmati is a champion in water polo.
[edit] Achievments
- Olympic Games
- Gold medal in 1952 (100 m butterfly)
- Silver medal in 1956 (100 m backstroke)
- European championships
- Silver medal in 1947 (200 m breaststroke)
| Olympic champions in women's 200 m breaststroke |
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| 1924: Lucy Morton | 1928: Hilde Schrader | 1932: Clare Dennis | 1936: Hideko Maehata | 1948: Nel van Vliet | 1952: Éva Székely | 1956: Ursula Happe | 1960: Anita Lonsbrough | 1964: Galina Prozumenshchikova | 1968: Sharon Wichman | 1972: Beverley Whitfield | 1976: Marina Kosheveya | 1980: Lina Kačiušytė | 1984: Anne Ottenbrite | 1988: Silke Hörner | 1992: Kyoko Iwasaki | 1996: Penny Heyns | 2000: Ágnes Kovács | 2004: Amanda Beard |
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