Dóra Molnár (born 29 June 2006) is a Hungarian competitive

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. Competing at the

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when she was 15 years old, she placed seventh in the 200-metre backstroke, fifth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and eighth in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. She is the

2022 European Aquatics Championships The 2022 European Aquatics Championships took place in Rome, Italy, from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event exactly coincided with, but was not officially part of, the 2022 European Championships. This diverged from the joined format of the 2018 Eu ...

bronze medalist in the 200-metre backstroke. She won four gold medals, in the 100-metre backstroke, 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, as well as one silver medal, in the 200-metre backstroke, at the 2022 World Junior Championships. At the 2022 European Junior Championships, she won gold medals in the 100-metre backstroke, 200-metre backstroke, 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay and silver medals in the 100-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre medley relay.

Background

Molnár was born 29 June 2006 in

Budafok Budafok (; literally "Promontory near Buda, or Buda Point") is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. It is situated in the southwestern part of Buda, near the Danube, and belongs to District XXII. Budafok was an independent municipality before ...

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."Dóra Molnár"
. ''

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''. Retrieved 19 July 2022. She trains with coach Támás Horváth at, and competes for, Budafóka SE swim club."Molnár Dóra"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

Career

2021–2022

For the

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, contested at

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in July, Molnár won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, splitting a 56.20 for the third leg of the relay, placed fourth in the 4×100-metre medley relay, fifth in the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, and 16th in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 56.89 seconds. LEN (12 July 2021)
"LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rome - Italy: Complete Results Book"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 19 July 2022. Leading up to the

, she achieved a personal best time of 2:09.34 in the 200-metre backstroke at the 2022 Hungarian National Championships, winning the gold medal, and qualifying for the World Championships in the event before stating one of her long terms goals, competing at the

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."Úszás: Egerszegi csúcsát döntötte meg, most a felnőtt vb-re készül"
(in Hungarian). ''

Nemzeti Sport ''Nemzeti Sport'' (, ) is a Hungarian sports daily. History and profile ''Nemzeti Sport'' was founded in 1903. It is frequently cited by quality English-language media The paper is published in broadsheet format. Between the World War I and Worl ...

''. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

2022 World Aquatics Championships

As a 15-year-old at her first senior World Championships, the 2022 World Aquatics Championships conducted with pool swimming competition at

Danube Arena The Danube Arena (in Hungarian: ''Duna Aréna'', unofficially ''Dagály Budapest Aquatics Complex'') is an aquatics complex located in Budapest, Hungary. It was designed by Marcell Ferenc and built between 2015 and 2017. Design and construction ...

, Molnár placed eighth in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay on the first day, 18 June.

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(18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
. ''

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''. Retrieved 19 July 2022. Four days later, she helped achieve a fifth-place finish in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:59.76 for the second leg of the relay in the final to contribute to the final mark of 7:57.90.

(22 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
. ''

''. Retrieved 19 July 2022. For her individual event, the 200-metre backstroke, she placed seventh in the final on 24 June with a time of 2:10.08, which was a little over three seconds slower than the bronze medalist in the event Rhyan White of the

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(24 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
. ''

''. Retrieved 19 July 2022."Vizes vb: Molnár Dóra a 7., Burián Katalin a 8. 200 háton"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

2022 European Junior Championships

Day one of the

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, held starting on 5 July in

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, Molnár swam a 55.11 for lead-off leg of 4×100-metre freestyle relay in the preliminaries to help advance it the final ranking second, before anchoring the relay with a 54.13 in the final to help achieve an eighth-place finish in 3:54.60. LEN (10 July 2022)
"Romania 2022: LEN European Junior Swimming Championships: Complete Results Book"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 19 July 2022. The second day of competition, she anchored the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay with a time of 54.49 seconds, passing the anchor-leg swimmer on the relay team for Romania to win the gold medal in a final time of 3:28.83.
(in Romanian). ''

Gazeta Sporturilor Gazeta Sporturilor () is a Romanian sports website, originally founded in 1924 as a daily newspaper. It was the third-oldest daily newspaper in Europe, with 99 years of uninterrupted publication, before issuing its last edition on 31 October 2023. ...

''. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022. On 7 July, she won a gold medal as part of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, helping achieve a finish in 7:59.04 in the final, which was over nine seconds faster than the silver medal-winning team from Italy and over 15 seconds ahead of the fourth-place team from

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.Adami, Davide (7 July 2022)
"Nuoto, Europei giovanili 2022: Spediacci e 4×200 sl donne d'argento! Curtis conquista il bronzo nei 50 sl"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 19 July 2022.Pérez, Marta (7 July 2022)

(in Spanish). ''

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''. Retrieved 19 July 2022. For day four of competition, Molnár won the gold medal in the 200-metre backstroke with a time of 2:10.31 to finish less than one second ahead of the bronze medalist in the event Evie Dilley of

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."Úszás: Molnár Dóra arany-, Bujdosó Zsombor ezüstérmes az ifi Eb-n"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022."Three more medals for Britain after a successful fourth day in Bucharest"
. ''

Swim England Swim England is the national governing body for swimming, Diving (sport), diving, water polo, open water swimming, and synchronised swimming in England. It forms part of Aquatics GB, a federation of the national governing bodies of England, Scot ...

''. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022. The following day, she swam a time of 55.20 seconds in the final of the 100-metre freestyle, winning the silver medal behind

Nikolett Pádár Nikolett Pádár (born 30 March 2006) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer. She is a Hungarian record holder in the short course 4×100-metre freestyle relay. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships, she placed fifth in the 200-metre f ...

, also of Hungary."Pádár Nikolett Arany-, Molnár Dóra Ezüstérmes A Junior Úszó-Eb-n"
(in Hungarian). ''

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''. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022. She followed up her performance with another gold medal the following day, winning the 100-metre backstroke with a time of 1:00.88 to just finish ahead of silver medalist Roos Vanotterdijk of

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by 0.02 seconds."Roos Vanotterdijk blijft oogsten op EK zwemmen voor junioren: 2x zilver erbij"
(in Dutch). ''

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''. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022. Later in the same day, the sixth and final day, she won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, contributing to a final time of 4:05.48 by splitting a 1:01.58 for the backstroke leg of the relay.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

Molnár was one of fourteen women named to the Hungarian roster in swimming for the

."The Hungarian swimming team ready for Roma 2022. Aces Milák and Hosszú expected to shine"
. ''roma2022.eu''. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022. In the morning on day one, competing in Rome, Italy at

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, she ranked second in the preliminaries of the 200-metre backstroke and qualified for the semifinals with a time of 2:09.53. LEN (11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Women Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022. Later in the morning session, she anchored the 4×200-metre freestyle relay with a 2:01.72 to help qualify the relay to the final ranking first with a time of 8:01.05. LEN (11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x200m Freestyle Women Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022. She finished in a time of 2:09.88 in the evening semifinals of the 200-metre backstroke, qualifying for the final the following day ranking fourth. LEN (11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Women Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022.Pérez, Marta (11 August 2022)

''

''. Retrieved 11 August 2022. Later in the session, she won a bronze medal for her efforts in the prelims heats of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay when the finals relay placed third in 7:55.73. LEN (11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x200m Freestyle Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022. The following day, at of age, she won the bronze medal in the 200-metre backstroke with a time of 2:09.73. LEN (12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.Szalay, Attila (12 August 2022)
"Molnár Dóra 16 évesen az európai elitben – Eb-bronzérmes Rómában"
(in Hungarian). ''

Magyar Nemzet ''Magyar Nemzet'' ('', '') is a major Hungarian newspaper published in Hungary, and styled itself as "close to the current Hungarian government led by Viktor Orbán" as of 2019. History and profile ''Magyar Nemzet'', a moderate conservative d ...

''. Retrieved 12 August 2022."Úszó Eb: Molnár Dóra bronzérmes 200 méter háton"
(in Hungarian). ''kisalfold.hu''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022. In the 4×100-metre freestyle relay on day three of competition, Molnár anchored the relay to a fifth-place finish in 3:39.42, splitting a 54.38. LEN (13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Úszó Eb: ötödik lett a magyar női 4x100 gyorsváltó"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Mihályvári-Farkas Viktória Európa-bajnok, Jakabos Zsuzsanna ezüstérmes az úszó-Eb-n"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022. Two days later, she ranked sixteenth in the preliminaries of the 100-metre backstroke with a 1:01.62 and qualified for the semifinals. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Backstroke Women Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022. She placed twelfth in the semifinals with a time of 1:01.13. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Backstroke Women Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022."Úszó Eb: Molnár Dóra nem jutott be a döntőbe 100 méter háton"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. Approximately 90 minutes later, she anchored the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay to a seventh place finish in 3:26.54 along with finals relay teammates

Nándor Németh Nándor Németh (born 19 November 1999) is a Hungarian swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from ...

Szebasztián Szabó Szebasztián Szabó (; born 11 March 1996) is a Hungarian swimmer. He was a world record holder in the short course 50 metre butterfly (2021 – 2024). He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships ...

, and Nikolett Pádár, contributing a split time of 54.88 seconds. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Mixed Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

2022 World Junior Championships

For the

2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships The 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships was held from 30 August to 4 September 2022 at the Videna Aquatic Center in Lima, Peru.

, held in

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starting later the same month as the European Championships, Molnár and fourteen other Hungarians entered to compete."8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022: Athletes"
''

''. August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.Bruckner, Vince (29 August 2022)
"Úszás: kedden rajtol az ifjúsági világbajnokság Limában"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. Retrieved 30 August 2022. Finishing in a time of 1:02.27 in the preliminaries of the 100-metre backstroke on day one, she qualified for the semifinals ranking second.

(30 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 30 August 2022. For her second event of the morning, she split a 2:04.67 for the second leg of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, helping qualify the relay to final with a time of 8:26.65 and overall third-rank.

(30 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 30 August 2022. In the evening session, she ranked second in the semifinals of the 100-metre backstroke with a 1:02.19, advancing to the final.

(30 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 30 August 2022. She followed her semifinals swim up with a 2:02.40 for the second leg of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay in the final, helping win the gold medal with a time of 8:04.70.

(30 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 30 August 2022.Kibédi, Péter (31 August 2022)
"Aranyéremmel kezdte az ifi úszó világbajnokságot Pádár Nikolett"
(in Hungarian). ''szegedma.hu''. Retrieved 31 August 2022."Limában sem volt ellenfele a lányok gyorsváltójának"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022. Finishing in a time of 1:01.44, just 0.01 seconds ahead of Aimi Nagaoka of

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, in the final of the 100-metre backstroke the following day, she won the gold medal.

(31 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 31 August 2022."Molnár Dóri: vb-arany is kipipálva"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022."Úszás: Molnáré a második magyar arany, Mészáros ezüstérmes az ifi vb-n"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022. The morning of day three, Molnár ranked first in the preliminary heats of the 200-metre backstroke with a 2:11.62, which was less than five-tenths of a second ahead of second-ranked Mio Narita of Japan, and qualified for the final.

(1 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 200m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 1 September 2022. In the evening final, she won the silver medal, finishing 1.29 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Laura Bernat of

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with a time of 2:09.80.

(1 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 1 September 2022."Két arany, egy ezüst – és már vezetjük is az éremtáblát"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022."Kér arany, egy ezüst, újra Magyarország a világbajnoki éremtábla tetején"
(in Hungarian). ''index.hu''. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022. Later in the same session, she started the fourth leg of the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay only behind the relay team from Romania, as she swam her 100-metre portion of the relay in 55.37 seconds, she passed the swimmer from Romania to achieve a first-place finish in 3:30.03 with finals relay teammates

Dániel Mészáros Dániel Mészáros (born 27 September 2004) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer. He is a 2022 European Aquatics Championships gold medalist in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, he won a gold medal in the 4 ...

, Benedek Bóna, and Nikolett Pádár and win the gold medal.

(1 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 1 September 2022. Two days later, in the preliminaries of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, Molnár split a 58.43 for the anchor leg to help rank second overall and qualify for the final.

(3 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 3 September 2022. She anchored the relay in the final to a first-place finish in 3:41.94 with a split time of 55.06 seconds.

(3 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 3 September 2022."Újabb két arany, visszaelőzés"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022."Úszás: Komoróczy nyert 50 m háton, újabb váltósiker az ifi vb-n"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022. The sixth and final morning, she contributed to a time of 4:13.65 in the preliminaries of the 4×100-metre medley relay with a split of 1:02.71 for the 100-metre backstroke portion and the relay qualified for the final ranking fourth.

(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 4 September 2022. She brought her time down to a 1:02.27 in the final, helping place fourth in 4:09.33.

(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 4 September 2022."Pádár Niki az egész vb legjobbja, második hely az éremtáblán"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

2022 Hungarian Short Course Championships

Starting off the 2022 Hungarian National Short Course Championships, in

Kaposvár Kaposvár (; also known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in southwestern Hungary, south of Lake Balaton. It is one of the leading cities of Transdanubia, the capital of Somogy County, and the seat of the Kaposvár District and th ...

in November, Molnár placed fourth in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 54.77 seconds and fifth in the 50-metre backstroke with a 28.56 on day one."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 100 m női gyors"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 50 m női hát"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022. Day two of four, she won the silver medal in the 100-metre backstroke with a time of 59.49 seconds, which was less than one-tenth of a second slower than the gold medalist."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 100 m női hát"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022. On the third day, she achieved a personal best time of 1:58.93 in the 200-metre freestyle, which marked her first time faster than 2:00.00 in the event and placed her fifth overall."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 200 m női gyors"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022. The fourth and final day, she won the national title and gold medal in the 200-metre backstroke with a personal best time of 2:06.10."Szerencsejáték Zrt. Rövidpályás OB 2022. Abszolút Eredmény: 200 m női hát"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022. The following month, Molnár achieved six personal best times out of her individual event finals at the 2022 Hungarian Junior National Short Course Championships in

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

, starting with the 200-metre individual medley on day one, where she won the silver medal with a 2:15.21."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 200 m női vegyes"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023. The finals session of the second day, she won a bronze medal in the 200-metre butterfly with a personal best time of 2:13.40."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 200 m női pillangó"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023. Her second personal best time of the evening was in the 50-metre freestyle, where she placed fifth in 26.00 seconds."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 50 m női gyors"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023. Day three she placed fourth in the 50-metre butterfly with a personal best time of 27.64 seconds, which was 0.87 seconds behind gold medalist Lora Komoróczy."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 50 m női pillangó"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023. For her first personal best time in an individual event final on the fourth of four days, she achieved a 1:04.15 in the 100-metre individual medley to place fifth."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 100 m női vegyes"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023. For the 100-metre butterfly later in the session, she won the gold medal with a personal best time of 1:00.21."Rövidpályás Utánpótlás Országos Bajnokság 2022. Korcsoportos Eredmény: 100 m női pillangó"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

2023

At the 2023 Hungarian National Championships in April in Kaposvár, Molnár won a pair of bronze medals in backstroke events, the first in the 100-metre backstroke on day two with a 1:01.80 and the second in the 200-metre backstroke on day four with a 2:11.31."CXXV. Országos Bajnokság: ABSZOLÚT EREDMÉNY 100 m női hát"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023."CXXV. Országos Bajnokság: ABSZOLÚT EREDMÉNY 200 m női hát"
(in Hungarian). '' Hungarian Swimming Association''. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

International championships (50 m)

: Molnár swam only in the prelims heats.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Legend: h – preliminaries heat; r – relay 1st leg

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Awards and honours

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, Hungarian Youth Athletes Performance of the Year (individual sports, women's team): 2022 (4×100-metre freestyle relay and 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2022 World Junior Championships)"Varga Ádám és Pádár Nikolett 2022 legjobb utánpótláskorú sportolója"
(in Hungarian). ''

''. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023. * M4 Sport, Hungarian Youth Athletes Performance of the Year (individual sports, mixed team): 2022 (4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay at the 2022 World Junior Championships)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Molnar, Dora 2006 births Living people Hungarian female swimmers Hungarian female freestyle swimmers Hungarian female backstroke swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Hungary Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)