Krisztina Egerszegi is a retired Hungarian swimmer, born August 16, 1974, in Budapest, who competed in backstroke, individual medley and butterfly events across three Olympic Games in 1988, 1992 and 1996. She won five individual Olympic gold medals, becoming the first female swimmer to do so, and is one of only four swimmers to win the same event at three consecutive Olympics, taking the 200 meter backstroke in 1988, 1992 and 1996, alongside Dawn Fraser, Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky. She held the world record in the 200 meter backstroke for nearly 17 years, from 1991 to 2008, won nine European gold medals and two World Championship golds, retired at age 22, and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Career HighlightFirst female swimmer to win five individual Olympic gold medals 1 Classification
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In which events did Krisztina Egerszegi win her five individual Olympic gold medals?
Three Games: one gold in 1988, three in 1992 (100 and 200 metre backstroke and 400 metre individual medley) and the 200 metre backstroke again in 1996.
Olympedia credits Krisztina Egerszegi with five individual Olympic gold medals, won across three Games. She took gold in a backstroke event at the 1988 Games, when she was only 14. At the 1992 Games she won three individual golds, in the 100 metre backstroke, the 200 metre backstroke and the 400 metre individual medley. At Atlanta in 1996 she won her third consecutive gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke. Olympedia describes her as the only female Olympic swimmer to have won five individual gold medals.
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Krisztina Egerszegi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkristinɒ ˈɛɡɛrsɛɡi]; born 16 August 1974) is a Hungarian former world record holding swimmer and one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era.
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born 16 August 1974
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August 16, 1974
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Hungarian
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the first female swimmer to win five individual Olympic gold medals
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Krisztina Egerszegi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkristinɒ ˈɛɡɛrsɛɡi]; born 16 August 1974) is a Hungarian former world record holding swimmer and one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era.
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Krisztina Egerszegi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkristinɒ ˈɛɡɛrsɛɡi]; born 16 August 1974) is a Hungarian former world record holding swimmer and one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era.
Competed In: 1988 Summer Olympics, Article text
At the 1988 Summer Olympics, she won silver medal in the 100 m backstroke and became Olympic champion in the 200 m backstroke.
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