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This article is about the Hungarian swimmer. For the Hungarian artistic gymnast, see Márta Egervári.
Márta Egerváry Personal information Full name Egerváry Márta Nationality Hungary
Born March 24, 1943
BudapestHeight 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Weight 66 kilograms (150 lb) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) freestyle Club Ferencvárosi TC Medal recordEuropean Championships (LC) Bronze 1962 Leipzig 400 m medley Summer Universiade Gold 1965 Budapest 100 m butterfly Gold 1963 Porto Alegre 200 m breaststroke Gold 1963 Porto Alegre 100 m butterfly Bronze 1965 Budapest 200 m breaststroke Márta Egerváry (born March 24, 1943 in Budapest) is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1960.[1]
Her best individual result was eighth, achieved at the 1968 Olympic Games in 400 m medley. With the Hungarian 4x100 metres medley relay team she was sixth in 1960.
At the European Championships she won a bronze medal in 1962 in 400 m medley for which she was chosen Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year.
References
- ^ Egerváry's entry on www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-07-07
Awards Preceded by
Kornélia MérayHungarian Sportswoman of The Year
1962Succeeded by
Ildikó RejtőSummer Universiade Champions in Women's 200 m Breaststroke 1959: Chris Gosden (GBR) • 1961: Sanda Iordan (ROM) • 1963: Márta Egerváry (HUN) • 1965: Svetlana Babanina (URS) • 1967: Cynthia Goyette (USA) • 1970: Galina Stepanova (URS) • 1973: Catherine Carr (USA) • 1977: Anne Gagnon (CAN) • 1979: Irena Fleissnerová (TCH) • 1981: Lina Kačiušytė (URS) • 1983: Larisa Belokon (URS) • 1985: Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) • 1987: Ingrid Lempereur (BEL) • 1991: Svetlana Kuzmina (URS) • 1993: Svitlana Bondarenko (UKR) • 1995: Penelope Heyns (RSA) • 1997: Masami Tanaka (JPN) • 1999 – 2001: Yuko Sakaguchi (JPN) • 2003: Qi Hui (CHN) • 2005: Megumi Taneda (JPN) • 2007: Jung Seul-Ki (KOR) • 2009: Rie Kaneto (JPN) 2011: Sun Ye (CHN)
Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 100 m Butterfly 1959 – 1961: Valentina Pozdnyak (URS) • 1963 – 1965: Márta Egerváry (HUN) • 1967: Martha Randall (USA) • 1970: Lynn Colella (USA) and Mirjana Segrt (YUG) • 1973: Irene Arden (USA) • 1977: Sue Hinderaker (USA) • 1979: Elizabeth Rapp (USA) • 1981: Jill Sterkel (USA) • 1983: Susan Woodhouse (USA) • 1985: Mary T. Meagher (USA) • 1987: Ilaria Tocchini (ITA) • 1991: Wang Xiaohong (CHN) • 1993: Yoko Kando (JPN) • 1995: Liu Limin (CHN) • 1997: Martina Moravcová (SVK) • 1999: Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN) • 2001: Irina Bespalova (RUS) • 2003: Demerae Christianson (USA) • 2005: Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) • 2007: MacKenzie Downing (CAN) • 2009: Hannah Wilson (HKG) 2011: Lu Ying (CHN)
Categories:- 1943 births
- Living people
- Hungarian swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Hungary
- Freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- People from Budapest
- Hungarian swimming biography stubs
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