Éva Novák-Gerard

Éva Novák, also known as Éva Novák-Gérard, was a Hungarian swimmer, born on 8 January 1930 and died on 30 June 2005. She won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and three more medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Olympedia adds that she was the first Hungarian woman to set a swimming world record, in 1950, and that she swam breaststroke and freestyle events. After marrying a Belgian sports journalist she settled in Brussels, qualified as a doctor, worked as an eye surgeon and competed for Belgium at the 1956 Games in Melbourne. In 1973 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame together with her sister, the swimmer Ilona Novák.