Katalin Szőke

Katalin Szőke (born August 17, 1935) is a Hungarian swimmer and olympic champion. She has later settled in California, USA. She competed at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, where she received a gold medal in "100 m freestyle", and a gold medal in "4 × 100 m freestyle relay". [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=13&sp=SWI "1952 Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Swimming"] – "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on May 4, 2008)]

World records

She has set four relay world records.

Awards

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1985. [http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/class/honorees1985.html "ISHOF 1985 Honorees"] – "International Swimming Hall of Fame" (Retrieved on May 4, 2008)] [http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/85/85kszoke.html "KATALIN SZOKE (HUN) – 1985 Honor Swimmer"] – "International Swimming Hall of Fame" (Retrieved on May 4, 2008)]

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