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- Died
- Éva Székely was born on April 3, 1927 in Budapest, Hungary. She is known for Stifled (2020), Helsinki 1952: Games of the XV Olympiad (1952) and Eyes of the Holocaust (2000). She was married to Dezsõ Gyarmati. She died on February 29, 2020 in Budapest, Hungary.
- SpouseDezsõ Gyarmati(1950 - 1964) (divorced, 1 child)
- Olympic Champion swimmer.
- After retiring from competition, she was a pharmacist and a swimming coach; her students included her daughter, who also became an Olympic swimmer.
- As one of Hungary's greatest swimmers, she set several world and Olympic records. She won a gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki and a silver medal in the same event in Melbourne four years later.
- Holocaust survivor, parents with Dezso Gyarmati of Andrea Gyarmati, the only mother, father, and daughter family ever to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
- She was a Hungarian Jew who survived WWII in a forced labor program and later in a safe house run by the Swiss.
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