Éva Novák-Gerard

The native form of this personal name is Novák-Gerard Éva. This article uses the Western name order.

Éva Novák-Gerard

Personal information

Full name

Éva Novák-Gerard

Nationality

Hungary

Born

January 8, 1930
Budapest, Hungary

Died

June 30, 2005 (aged 75)
Brussels, Belgium

Sport

Swimming

Strokes

Freestyle and breaststroke

Club

Ferencvárosi Torna Club
Budapesti Kinizsi

Medal record

Women’s Swimming
Competitor for Hungary
Olympic Games
	1952 Helsinki	4×100 m freestyle
	1952 Helsinki	200 m breaststroke
	1952 Helsinki	400 m freestyle
	1948 London	200 m breaststroke

Éva Novák-Gerard (January 8, 1930 – June 30, 2005) is a former swimmer from Hungary, and the younger sister of Ilona Novák, who was also a famous swimmer for her native country.

She won three medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, after a bronze four years earlier in London.

Records
Preceded by Nel van Vliet	Women's 200 metres Breaststoke world record holder (long course) October 21, 1950 – November 13, 1956	Succeeded by Ada den Haan

References

sports-reference

Olympic Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1912: Great Britain (Moore, Fletcher, Speirs, Steer)
1920: USA (Woodridge, Schroth, Guest, Bleibtrey)
1924: USA (Donnelly, Ederle, Lackie, Wehselau)
1928: USA (Lambert, Osipowich, Saville, Norelius)
1932: USA (Johns, Saville, McKim, Madison)
1936: Netherlands (Selbach, Wagner, Den Ouden, Mastenbroek)
1948: USA (Corridon, Kalama, Helser, Curtis)
1952: Hungary (I. Novák, Temes, E. Novák, Szőke)
1956: Australia (Fraser, Leech, Morgan, Crapp)
1960: USA (Spillane, Stobs, Wood, von Saltza)
1964: USA (Stouder, de Varona, Watson, Ellis)
1968: USA (Barkman, Gustavson, Pedersen, Henne)
1972: USA (Babashoff, Barkman, Kemp, Neilson)
1976: USA (Peyton, Sterkel, Babashoff, Boglioli)
1980: East Germany (Krause, Metschuck, Diers, Hülsenbeck)
1984: USA (Johnson, Steinseifer, Torres, Hogshead)
1988: East Germany (Otto, Meissner, Hunger, Stellmach)
1992: USA (Haislett, Martino, Thompson, Torres)
1996: USA (Martino, Van Dyken, Fox, Thompson)
2000: USA (Van Dyken, Shealy, Thompson, Torres)
2004: Australia (Mills, Lenton, Thomas, Henry)
2008: Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis)
2012: Australia (Coutts, Campbell, Elmslie, Schlanger)

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