Valéria Gyenge is a Hungarian swimmer, born on 3 April 1933, who won the 400 metre freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. She remained a leader in the event until 1956 but finished eighth at the Melbourne Games that year. After the 1956 Olympics she moved to Canada with her future husband, the water polo player Janos Garai, swam for the EMAC Club in Toronto for a few months, coached swimming for three years and then became a photographer. Her daughters Judy and Suzy were also swimmers, and her daughter Soo Garay became an actress. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1978.
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is a Hungarian swimmer
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won the 400 m freestyle event at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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finished in a disappointing eighth place at the 1956 Olympics
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