Valéria Gyenge (born 3 April 1933) is a Hungarian swimmer who won the 400 m freestyle event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. She remained a leader in this event until 1956, but finished in a disappointing eighth place at the 1956 Olympics. In 1978, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Family

Gyenge was a daughter-in-law of János Garay, a 1928 Olympic fencing champion who died in a German concentration camp in 1945. Her sisters Judy and Suzy as well as her sister-in-law Mària were also swimmers. After 1956 Olympics Gyenge moved to Canada, together with her fiancé and future husband János Garai, a water polo player. In Canada she swam for the EMAC Club in Toronto for a few months and then coached swimming for three years before becoming a photographer. Her daughter Soo Garay became an actress.

Valéria Gyenge

See also

List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

World record progression 800 metres freestyle

References

External links

1933 births

Living people

Hungarian female freestyle swimmers

Olympic swimmers for Hungary

Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for Hungary

Swimmers from Budapest

World record setters in swimming

European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists in swimming

20th-century Hungarian women

21st-century Hungarian women

Valéria Gyenge