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Valéria Gyenge

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Valéria Gyenge (born 3 April 1933) is a Hungarian swimmer who won the 400 m freestyle event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. She remained a leader in this event until 1956, but finished in a disappointing eighth place at the 1956 Olympics. In 1978, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valéria Gyenge is the 37th most popular swimmer (up from 85th in 2019), the 463rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 652nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Valéria Gyenge ranks 37 out of 709. Before her are Arne Borg, Bill Tuttle, Martha Norelius, Otto Fahr, Đurđica Bjedov, and Yoshi Oyakawa. After her are Aileen Riggin, Charles Daniels, Ilona Novák, Arvo Aaltonen, George Hodgson, and Yasuji Miyazaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Valéria Gyenge ranks 284. Before her are Julian Bream, Dianne Feinstein, Zelda Rubinstein, Bat Ye'or, Imre Nagy, and Yoshi Oyakawa. After her are Mildred McDaniel, R. Murray Schafer, Yang Chuan-kwang, José Faria, Helmuth Rilling, and Mark Damon.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Valéria Gyenge ranks 463 out of 1,077. Before her are Ferenc Kósa (1937), Ferenc Fejtő (1909), Károly Sándor (1928), Gábor Király (1976), László Sárosi (1932), and Olivér Halassy (1909). After her are Géza von Bolváry (1897), Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Antal Nagy (1944), Alfréd Rényi (1921), Zoltán Varga (1945), and Jenő Jandó (1952).

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Among SWIMMERS In Hungary

Among swimmers born in Hungary, Valéria Gyenge ranks 5. Before her are Johnny Weissmuller (1904), Alfréd Hajós (1878), Katalin Szőke (1935), and István Bárány (1907). After her are Ilona Novák (1925), Judit Temes (1930), Károly Bartha (1907), Imre Zachár (1890), Ferenc Csik (1913), Éva Novák-Gerard (1930), and Géza Kádas (1926).

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