- Katalin Szőke
Katalin Szőke (born
August 17 ,1935 ) is a Hungarian swimmer and olympic champion. She has later settled inCalifornia , USA. She competed at the1952 Olympic Games inHelsinki , 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 inFort 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)]References
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