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Full name
  
Risztov Eva

Name
  
Eva Risztov

Nationality
  
Hungary

Role
  
Swimmer


Sport
  
Height
  
1.73 m

Strokes
  
Butterfly, medley

Weight
  
64 kg

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Born
  
30 August 1985 (age 38) (
1985-08-30
)
Hodmezovasarhely, Csongrad

Club
  
Hoduszo SE (-2000)Budapest Spartacus (2001-2004)Kobanya SC Budapest (2005)Debreceni Sportcentrum-Sportiskola (2009-)

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women\'s marathon 10 kilometre

Similar People
  
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Risztov va olimpiai bajnok 10 km en hungarian gold in 10km marathon


Éva Risztov ([ˈeːvɒ ˈristov]; born 30 August 1985) is a Hungarian Olympic gold medal female swimmer.

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She won four silver medals at the 2002 European Aquatics Championships and three silver medals at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships. She won a further silver medal at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she came 4th in 400 m individual medley. At the European Short Course Swimming Championships she won six gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal between 2002 and 2004.

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She retired in 2005, but announced her comeback in 2009 as an open water swimmer and she competed at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Women's 10 km where she came 7th.

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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she competed in the 400 metre freestyle (16th), 800 metre freestyle (13th), 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (15th) and the 10 kilometre marathon, in which she won the gold medal, having dominated the race from the outset.

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Eva risztov of hungary wins gold medal in the womens 10km marathon swimming


Achievements

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  • Olympic Games
  • Olympic Champion in 2012 (10 km marathon)
  • 4th place in 2004 (400 m individual medley)
  • World Championships
  • 2003 3 Silver medals (in 400 m freestyle, 200 m butterfly, 400 m individual medley)
  • European LC Championships
  • 2002 4 Silver medals (in 400 m freestyle, 200 m butterfly, 400 m individual medley, 800 m freestyle)
  • 2004 1 Silver medal (in 400 m individual medley)
  • 2012 1 Silver medal, 1 Bronze medal (in 1500 m medley and in 800 m individual medley)
  • 2014 1 Silver medal (10 km marathon)
  • European SC Championships
  • 2002: 3 Gold medals (in 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 200 m butterfly); 1 Silver medal (in 400 m individual medley
  • 2003: 2 Gold medals (in 200 m butterfly, 400 m individual medley), 1 Bronze medal (in 800 m freestyle)
  • 2004: 1 Gold medal (in 400 m individual medley)
  • 58 times Hungarian champion.
  • Other interests

    She is interested in different sports and physical activities. She tried motocross, skiing, yoga, jetski.

    She is fond of abandoned dogs and supports them with collecting textiles and taking care of them regularly.

    Awards


  • Hungarian swimmer of the Year (3): 2002, 2003, 2012
  • Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Silver Cross (2004)
  • Best Hungarian long-distance swimmer of the Year (1): 2010
  • Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)
  • Hajós Alfréd award (2012)
  • Swimming World Magazine – Open Water Swimmer of the Year (1): 2012
  • Hajdú-Bihar County Príma award (2012)
  • Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year (1) - votes of sports journalists: 2012
  • Open water swimmer of the year (FINA) (2012)
  • Honorary Citizen of Debrecen (2013)

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    References

    Éva Risztov Wikipedia