Ilona Ács (later ''Zimmermann''; April 18, 1920 – November 23, 1976) was a Hungarian

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who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. She was born and died in

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. In 1936 she was a member of the Hungarian relay team that finished fourth in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay event. In the 100 metre freestyle competition she was eliminated in the first round.

External links

Ilona Ács' profile at Sports Reference.comProfile of Ilona Ács
1920 births 1976 deaths Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Hungarian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian women {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub