Mária Littomeritzky (also known as ''Littomeritzky-Bognár''; May 12, 1927 – December 24, 2017) was a
butterfly
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swimmer
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from
Hungary
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, who competed in three consecutive
Summer Olympics
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for her native country, starting in
1948
Events January
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. She was born in
Szeged
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.
Her best individual result came in 1956, when she placed fourth in
100 metres butterfly. At the 1952 Summer Olympics she started in the heats of the
4×100 freestyle relay but was replaced for the final. Her team-mates
Ilona Novák
Ilona Novák (16 May 1925 – 14 March 2019) was a Hungarian swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where she finished 4th in 100 m backstroke and 5th in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. At the 1952 Olympic ...
,
,
Éva Novák,
Katalin Szőke
Katalin Szőke (17 August 1935 – 27 October 2017) was a Hungarian swimmer. She competed at the 1952 Olympics and won two gold medals, in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle events. Two years later she repeated that success at the 1954 Europe ...
won the final with a new world record and Littomeritzky also received a gold medal. At the
European Championships
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she won a silver medal in 1954 in 100 m butterfly.
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1927 births
2017 deaths
Olympic swimmers for Hungary
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
Hungarian female freestyle swimmers
Hungarian female butterfly swimmers
Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Swimmers from Szeged
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian sportswomen
21st-century Hungarian women
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