Evelyn Verrasztó (born 17 July 1989) is a Hungarian swimmer, who competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics in 2004,

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and

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. Her father and coach,

Zoltán Verrasztó Zoltán Verrasztó (born 15 March 1956 in Budapest) is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Hungary. He won two medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Verrasztó claimed silver in the men's 200 m backstroke, an ...

, and her brother,

Dávid Verrasztó Dávid Verrasztó (born 22 August 1988) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 200 and 400 m individual medleys. His father and coach, Zoltán Verrasztó, and his sister, Evelyn Verraszt ...

are also Olympic swimmers.

Early life

Evelyn was born in 1989, one year after her brother,

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. Their father, an Olympic swimmer himself, coached them to become world-class swimmers.

Awards

HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Bronze BAR

Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Bronze Cross (2008) *Hungarian swimmer of the Year (1): 2008

References

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* 1989 births Living people Swimmers from Budapest Hungarian female backstroke swimmers Hungarian female freestyle swimmers Hungarian female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Hungarian women Competitors at the 2022 World Games World Games gold medalists {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub