Krisztina Egerszegi biography
Krisztina Egerszegi, (born August 16, 1974, Budapest, Hungary), Hungarian swimmer, the youngest athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. She received the 200-metre backstroke on the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Olympic Games, changing into solely the second swimmer (after Dawn Fraser) to win a person occasion at three Olympiads.
In 1987 Egerszegi competed in her first worldwide occasion on the European championships in Strasbourg, France, the place she completed fifth within the 200-metre backstroke. At age 14 she turned the youngest athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming when she received the 200-metre backstroke on the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea; Egerszegi additionally received a silver medal within the 100 metres. In 1991, at age 16, she received each the 100- and 200-metre backstroke on the world championships in Perth, Australia. Also in 1991, she broke world information for each distances on the European championships in Athens.
At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, Egerszegi received three gold medals, probably the most by any lady in particular person occasions. She received the 400-metre particular person medley and set Olympic information in each backstroke occasions. She was named Female World Swimmer of the Year in 1991 and 1992. In 1993 on the European championships in Sheffield, England, she was the primary swimmer ever to earn 4 particular person titles in a single European championship, profitable the 100- and 200-metre backstroke, the 200-metre butterfly, and the 400-metre particular person medley. Egerszegi returned to the Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she received a gold medal within the 200-metre backstroke and a bronze within the 400-metre particular person medley.