Éva Risztov (; born 30 August 1985) is a Hungarian Olympic gold medalist female

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. She won four silver medals at the

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and three silver medals at the

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. She won a further silver medal at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships and competed at the

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where she came 4th in 400 m individual medley. At the

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she won six gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal between 2002 and 2004. She retired in 2005, but announced her comeback in 2009 as an open water swimmer and she competed at the

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in Women's 10 km where she came 7th. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she competed in the 400 metre freestyle (16th), 800 metre freestyle (13th), 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (15th) and the 10 kilometre marathon, in which she won the gold medal, having dominated the race from the outset.

Achievements

* Olympic Games ** Olympic Champion in

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( 10 km marathon) ** 4th place in

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( 400 m individual medley) * World Championships **

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3 Silver medals (in 400 m freestyle, 200 m butterfly, 400 m individual medley) * European LC Championships **

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4 Silver medals (in 400 m freestyle, 200 m butterfly, 400 m individual medley, 800 m freestyle) **

1 Silver medal (in 400 m individual medley) **

1 Silver medal, 1 Bronze medal (in 1500 m medley and in 800 m individual medley) **

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1 Silver medal (10 km marathon) * European SC Championships **

: 3 Gold medals (in 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 200 m butterfly); 1 Silver medal (in 400 m individual medley **

: 2 Gold medals (in 200 m butterfly, 400 m individual medley), 1 Bronze medal (in 800 m freestyle) **

: 1 Gold medal (in 400 m individual medley) * 58 times Hungarian champion.

Other interests

She is interested in different sports and physical activities. She tried motocross, skiing, yoga, jetski. She is fond of abandoned dogs and supports them with collecting textiles and taking care of them regularly.

Awards

* Hungarian swimmer of the Year (3): 2002, 2003, 2012 * Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Silver Cross (2004) * Best Hungarian long-distance swimmer of the Year (1): 2010 * Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012) * Hajós Alfréd award (2012) *

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– Open Water Swimmer of the Year (1): 2012 * Hajdú-Bihar County Príma award (2012) * Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year (1) – votes of sports journalists: 2012 * Open water swimmer of the year (

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) (2012) * Honorary Citizen of

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(2013)

References

External links

* * * Hungarian Olympic Association on support of yog

* Éva Risztov's coach Tibor Kökény

*

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