Éva Pajor (16 September 1937 – 19 December 2014) was a Hungarian

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. She competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

in Melbourne. Following the Olympics, she sought asylum in Australia, becoming a swimming teacher in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

. She later opened two swimming centres in the country, and a swimming centre in

Penrith, New South Wales Penrith is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located in Greater Western Sydney, 55 kilometres (31 mi) west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Nepean River, on the outskirts of the Cumberland Plain. Its elevati ...

was named after her.

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* 1937 births 2014 deaths Olympic swimmers of Hungary Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Budapest Hungarian female backstroke swimmers 20th-century Hungarian women 21st-century Hungarian women Hungarian emigrants to Australia Hungarian refugees {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub