Andrea Gyarmati

Andrea Gyarmati, born in Budapest on 15 April 1954, is a retired Hungarian swimmer. She was the daughter of two Olympic champions, her mother and coach Éva Székely having won the 1952 breaststroke title and her father Dezső Gyarmati an Olympic water polo champion. Gyarmati competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics in eight events in total. In 1972 she set a world record in the 100 metre butterfly in the semifinals, then won silver in the 100 metre backstroke and bronze in the 100 metre butterfly. She also won four medals, two of them gold, at the 1970 European Championships, took 28 Hungarian national championships and was named Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year from 1970 to 1972. In 1974 she walked out of a training session, stopped competing and became a pediatrician. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1995, following both her parents.