Márta Egerváry (born 24 March 1943, in

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) is a former

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and medley

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from

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, who competed in three consecutive

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for her native country, starting in

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. Her best individual result was eighth, achieved at the 1964 Olympic Games in 400 m medley. With the Hungarian 4x100 metres medley relay team she was sixth in 1960. At the

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she won a bronze medal in 1962 in 400 m medley for which she was chosen ''Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year''.

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1943 births Living people Hungarian female butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Hungarian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Budapest European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade Hungarian female breaststroke swimmers Hungarian female medley swimmers 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub