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Ajna Kesely
Ajna Kesely (Késely Ajna), Hungarian freestyle swimmer born 2001 in Budapest; three-time Olympian, 2018 Youth Olympic triple gold medalist, 2024 European champion in 400 and 800 m freestyle, Hungarian record holder.
Alajos Kenyery
Alajos Kenyery (Kenyéry Alajos, later Kronberg), Hungarian freestyle swimmer, 1912 Stockholm Olympian who set the 400 m freestyle world record of 5:29.0 in April 1912; distinct from water polo player Alajos Keserű.
Andras Szekely
Andras Szekely (András Székely, born Szmuk András, 1910–1943), Hungarian freestyle swimmer; 1932 Olympic 4x200m freestyle relay bronze, 1931 European relay gold and 100m silver; murdered at Chernihiv labor camp.
Ferenc Csik
Ferenc Csik (Csík Ferenc, 1913-1945), Hungarian swimmer and physician; surprise 1936 Berlin Olympic 100 m freestyle champion (57.6) and 4x200 m relay bronze medalist; killed in an air raid as an Army doctor.
Gyula Dienes
Gyula Dienes (Dienes Gyula), Hungarian freestyle swimmer of the 1930s, BEAC club; swam on the 4x100 m freestyle relay with Kiss, Lengyel, and Csik that set the first official world record, 4:10.2, Budapest, 26 June 1937. Not the pastor, plant pathologist, or railway conductor of the same name.
Gyula Zolyomy
Gyula Zolyomi (Zólyomi Gyula, born 1918), Hungarian freestyle swimmer; non-starter on Hungary's bronze 4x200 m relay at Berlin 1936; set 4x100 m freestyle relay world records of 4:06.6 (1937) and 4:02.0 (1938) with Csik, Korosi, and Grof. Distinct from the 1890-born wrestler of the same name.
Istvan Barany
Istvan Barany was a Hungarian swimmer who won 100 meter freestyle silver at the 1928 Olympics and became the first European to swim that distance in under one minute.
Istvan Korosi
István Kőrösi (1915–2005) was a Hungarian freestyle swimmer who won bronze in the 100 meter at the 1938 European Championships in London and held a 4 × 100 meter relay world record.
Judit Temes
Judit Temes (Temes Judit, 1930–2013), Hungarian swimmer: Helsinki 1952 gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay (world record 4:24.4) and 100 m freestyle bronze; later pathologist and swimming administrator.
Katalin Szoke
Katalin Szőke (Kató Szőke, Katherine Domyan, 1935–2017), Hungarian swimmer; double 1952 Helsinki Olympic champion (100 m freestyle, 4×100 m relay), 1954 European champion, four relay world records; defected to the USA after 1956.
Laszlo Szabados
Laszlo Szabados, a Hungarian freestyle swimmer from Subotica, specialized in relays. He won a European title in 1931 and an Olympic bronze in 1932.
Maria Littomeritzky
Maria Littomericzky (Littomeritzky Mária, 1927-2017), Hungarian swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, three-time Olympian, 1954 European relay champion, later pharmacist and coach.
Odon Grof
Ödön Gróf (Edmund Grof, 1915–1997), Hungarian freestyle swimmer; 1936 Berlin Olympic bronze in the 4x200 m relay, 1934 European champion, later US-based coach after 1956 defection.
Peter Bernek
Péter Bernek (Bernek Péter), born 1992 in Budapest, is a retired Hungarian swimmer, 2014 short-course world champion in the 400 m freestyle, two-time European champion, and three-time Olympian (2012, 2016, 2020).
Ripszima Szekely
Ripszima Szekely (Ripszima Mária Székely, born 12 July 1936, Budapest) is a Hungarian swimmer, 1956 Olympian (5th, 400 m freestyle), 4x100 m medley relay world record holder (4:57.8, 1955), who defected to the US after Melbourne; not Éva Székely.
Valeria Gyenge
Valeria Gyenge (Valéria Gyenge, born 1933, Budapest), Hungarian swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic 400 m freestyle champion in 5:12.1 OR; three world records; emigrated to Canada in 1956 as photographer and coach.