Zoltán Verrasztó (born 15 March 1956) is a former

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and

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from

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. He won two medals at the

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. Verrasztó claimed silver in the men's 200 m backstroke, and bronze in the men's 400 m individual medley. Apart from that he twice became world champion in the 200 m backstroke during the 1970s. His children,

Evelyn Verrasztó Evelyn Verrasztó (born 17 July 1989) is a Hungarian swimmer, who competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Her father and coach, Zoltán Verrasztó, and her brother, Dávid Verrasztó are also Olym ...

and Dávid Verrasztó are also Olympic swimmers. He coached them to become European championship gold medalists.

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