Éva Risztov

Éva Risztov
Personal information
Full nameRisztov Éva
Born (1985-08-30) 30 August 1985
Hódmezővásárhely, Csongrád, Hungary
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, medley
ClubHódúszó SE (-2000)
Budapest Spartacus (2001–2004)
Kőbánya SC Budapest (2005)
Debreceni Sportcentrum-Sportiskola (2009-)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Hungary
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships (LC) 0 3 0
European Championships (LC) 0 7 1
European Championships (SC) 6 1 1
Total 7 11 2
Olympic Games
2012 London10 km marathon
World Championships (LC)
2003 Barcelona400 m freestyle
2003 Barcelona200 m butterfly
2003 Barcelona400 m medley
European Championships (LC)
2002 Berlin400 m freestyle
2002 Berlin800 m freestyle
2002 Berlin200 m butterfly
2002 Berlin400 m medley
2004 Madrid400 m medley
2012 Debrecen1500 m freestyle
2014 Berlin10 km
2012 Debrecen800 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
2002 Riesa400 m freestyle
2002 Riesa800 m freestyle
2002 Riesa200 m butterfly
2003 Dublin200 m butterfly
2003 Dublin400 m medley
2004 Vienna400 m medley
2002 Riesa400 m medley
2003 Dublin800 m freestyle

Éva Risztov (pronounced [ˈeːvɒ ˈristov]; born 30 August 1985) is a Hungarian Olympic gold medalist female swimmer.

She won four silver medals at the 2002 European Aquatics Championships and three silver medals at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships. She won a further silver medal at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she came 4th in 400 m individual medley. At the European Short Course Swimming Championships she won six gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal between 2002 and 2004.

She retired in 2005, but announced her comeback in 2009 as an open water swimmer and she competed at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Women's 10 km where she came 7th.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she competed in the 400 metre freestyle (16th), 800 metre freestyle (13th), 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (15th) and the 10 kilometre marathon, in which she won the gold medal, having dominated the race from the outset.