Éva Székely

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The native form of this personal name is Székely Éva. This article uses the Western name order.

Medal record
Competitor for Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Women's Swimming
Olympic Games
Gold	1952 Helsinki	200m Breaststroke
Silver	1956 Melbourne	200m 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 medal 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 former husband Dezső Gyarmati is a champion in water polo.

[edit] Achievements

• 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)

• International Swimming Hall of Fame
  • In 1976 [1]

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's 200 m breaststroke

1924: Lucy Morton | 1928: Hilde Schrader | 1932: Clare Dennis | 1936: Hideko Maehata | 1948: Nel van Vliet | 1952: Éva Székely | 1956: Ursula Happe | 1960: Anita Lonsborough | 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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