Ilona Novák (16 May 1925 – 14 March 2019) was a Hungarian
swimmer
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and Olympic champion. She competed at the
1948 Olympic Games in London, where she finished 4th in 100 m
backstroke
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and 5th in 4 × 100 m
freestyle
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relay. At the
1952 Olympic Games in
Helsinki
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she received a gold medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay as captain of the Hungarian team.
["1952 Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Swimming"]
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 4 May 2008)
She was inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame
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in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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in 1973, together with her sister,
Éva Novák.
See also
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List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
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List of Olympic medalist families
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1925 births
2019 deaths
Swimmers from Budapest
Hungarian female backstroke swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Hungary
Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
World record setters in swimming
Hungarian female freestyle swimmers
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists in swimming
20th-century Hungarian sportswomen
21st-century Hungarian women
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