Éva Risztov is a Hungarian swimmer, born on 30 August 1985, who won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 10 kilometre marathon swim at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London after leading the race from the start. Earlier in her career she was a pool swimmer who won several silver medals at the 2002 European Aquatics Championships and three silvers at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, and she finished fourth in the 400 metre individual medley at the 2004 Olympics. She retired in 2005, returned in 2009 as an open water swimmer, and was named Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year and FINA open water swimmer of the year for 2012. She holds 58 Hungarian national titles and has been made an honorary citizen of Debrecen.
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is a Hungarian Olympic gold medalist female swimmer
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competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she came 4th in 400 m individual medley
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she competed in the 400 metre freestyle (16th)
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