Mária Littomeritzky
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| Full name | Littomeritzky Mária | |||||||||||||
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| Born |
May 12, 1927 Szeged | |||||||||||||
| Died | December 24, 2017 (aged 90) | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
| Strokes | butterfly | |||||||||||||
| Club | BVSC | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mária Littomeritzky (also known as Littomeritzky-Bognár) (May 12, 1927 – December 24, 2017) was a butterfly swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1948. She was born in Szeged.[1][2]
Her best individual result came in 1956, when she placed fourth in 100 metres butterfly. At the 1952 Summer Olympics she started in the heats of the 4×100 freestyle relay but was replaced for the final. Her team-mates Ilona Novák, Judit Temes, Éva Novák, Katalin Szőke won the final with a new world record and Littomeritzky also received a gold medal. At the European Championships she won a silver medal in 1954 in 100 m butterfly.
References
- ↑ Littomeritzky's entry on www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-07-07
- ↑ Elhunyt Littomeritzky Mária, olimpiai bajnok úszó (in Hungarian)
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