Career
Egerszegi won the 200 m backstroke at three consecutive Olympics, becoming champion at fourteen and setting a world record that stood for nearly two decades. She won five golds in total across three Games.
🏊 Swimming · Backstroke
Krisztina Egerszegi
Hungary · 1988–1996
Olympic champion at fourteen, and three-time 200 m backstroke winner.
- 5
- Olympic golds
- 3
- Consecutive 200 m titles
- 14
- First gold at
- 17 years
- Record stood for
Honours
- Olympic 200 m backstroke champion in 1988, 1992 and 1996
- Youngest ever Olympic swimming champion at the time
- Her 200 m backstroke world record stood for seventeen years
- Five Olympic gold medals across three Games
