Full name Kovacs Agnes Name Agnes Kovacs Role Olympic swimmer | Height 1.78 m Coach Mike Chasson (USA) Weight 64 kg | |
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Club Budapesti Spartacus Sport Club Olympic medals Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women\'s 200 metre breaststroke Similar People Kristy Kowal, Penelope Heyns, Amanda Beard, Szilveszter Csollany | ||
gnes kov cs 100m breaststroke final ec istanbul 1999 gold
Ágnes Kovács (born 13 July 1981) is a Hungarian swimmer who competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. In 2000, she won the 200 m breaststroke and set the Hungary records in the 100 m and 200 m breaststrokes events (1:07.79 and 2:24.03). As of 2014, these records still stand. She won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1996 Olympics and placed fifth in 2004; in 2004 she also finished fourth in the 200 m individual medley event.
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- gnes kov cs 100m breaststroke final ec istanbul 1999 gold
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Kovács learned to swim aged two and a half years and became to train seriously at nine. Aged fourteen, she became a European Junior champion in the 100 yard breaststroke, and next year won an Olympic medal. From 1995 through 2007 she won 17 medals at European championships and 53 Hungarian titles. She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year in four consecutive years, from 1997 to 2000. In 2014 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Kovács lives with her husband and son in Hungary. She is a PhD student at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences of Semmelweis University.
gnes kov cs 200m breaststroke final sydney2000 gold medal
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