Ágnes Kaczander (also known as ''Kaczander-Kiss'') (born 21 November 1953 in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

) is a former

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from

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, who competed at the

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for her native country in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

.Kaczander's entry
on www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-07-07 There she came fourth in 100 m breaststroke and sixth in 200 m breaststroke. At the

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she won a bronze medal in 1974 in 100 m breaststroke.

References

1953 births Living people Hungarian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Hungarian female breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Budapest European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century Hungarian women 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub