Andrea Gyarmati

The native form of this personal name is Gyarmati Andrea. This article uses the Western name order.
Andrea Gyarmati
Medal record
Women's swimming
Competitor for  Hungary
Olympic Games
1972 Munich 100 m backstroke
1972 Munich 100 m butterfly
World Championships (LC)
1973 Belgrade 200 m backstroke
European Championships (LC)
1970 Barcelona 200 m backstroke
1970 Barcelona 100 m butterfly
1970 Barcelona 100 m backstroke
1970 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
European Junior Championship (LC)
1967 Linköping 100 m butterfly
1969 Vienna 100 m backstroke
1969 Vienna 100 m butterfly
1969 Vienna 100 m freestyle
1967 Linköping 100 m freestyle

Andrea Gyarmati (born 15 April 1954 in Budapest) is a Hungarian retired female swimmer. She won two medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Her mother and coach, Éva Székely was a breaststroke swimmer who won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Her father Dezső Gyarmati was a champion in water polo.

Gyarmati married and later divorced Mihály Hesz, winner of the K-1 1000 m canoeing event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year three times between 1970 and 1972 after having won the European title in 1970 and two Olympic medals in 1972.

She graduated from the Budapest University of Medical Sciences and is working as a medical doctor. Her son Máté Hesz is an athlete as well.

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Records
Preceded by
Japan Mayumi Aoki		 Women's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
31 August 1972 – 1 September 1972 		Succeeded by
Japan Mayumi Aoki
Awards
Preceded by
Angéla Németh		 Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year
1970-1972 		Succeeded by
Ildikó Tordasi


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