Katalin Bor (born February 10, 1990, in Budapest) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She represented her nation Hungary at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, and has won a career total of two medals (one silver and one bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the

2006 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2006 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 6 to July 9, 2006, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The age groups for this event were girls born in 1990 or 1991 and boys born in 1988 or 1989. Medal table Medal summary Boy's eve ...

in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Bor competed for Hungary in the women's 200 m breaststroke at the

in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:31.13 from the national championships in Budapest. Swimming on the outside lane in heat three, Bor overhauled a 2:30-barrier to touch out Morocco's

Sara El Bekri Sara El Bekri (; born 2 July 1987) is a Moroccan swimmer who competes in the women's 400m individual medley. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 100 and 200 m breaststroke, but did not qualify for either final. At the 2 ...

at the final turn for the third spot by nine hundredths of a second (0.09) with a lifetime best of 2:29.95. Bor failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-seventh out of 41 swimmers in the prelims.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1990 births Living people Hungarian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Hungarian female breaststroke swimmers Swimmers from Budapest 21st-century Hungarian women {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub