Eszter Povázsay (born 14 November 1990 in

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) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. She is a five-time All-Big East performer, a varsity swimmer for the

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, and a marketing student at the

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. Povazsay qualified for the women's 100 m backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:02.38 at the European Championships in

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. She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympians Anja Čarman of Slovenia and Sanja Jovanović of Croatia. She was faster than Kazakhstan's Yekaterina Rudenko to grab a sixth spot by 0.09 of a second in 1:03.55. Povazsay failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-seventh overall in the preliminaries.

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Player Bio – Louisville Cardinals

1990 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Hungarian female backstroke swimmers Swimmers from Budapest Louisville Cardinals women's swimmers 21st-century Hungarian women 21st-century Hungarian people {{ULouisville-stub