Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 14 November 1990
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Backstroke |
College team | Louisville Cardinals (USA) [1] |
Coach | Arthur Albeiro (USA) [1] |
Eszter Povázsay (born 14 November 1990 in Budapest) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. [1] [2] She is a five-time All-Big East performer, a varsity swimmer for the Louisville Cardinals, and a marketing student at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
Povazsay qualified for the women's 100 m backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:02.38 at the European Championships in Debrecen. [3] [4] [5] She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympians Anja Čarman of Slovenia and Sanja Jovanović of Croatia. She was faster than Kazakhstan's Yekaterina Rudenko to grab a sixth spot by 0.09 of a second in 1:03.55. Povazsay failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-seventh overall in the preliminaries. [6] [7]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 14 November 1990
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Backstroke |
College team | Louisville Cardinals (USA) [1] |
Coach | Arthur Albeiro (USA) [1] |
Eszter Povázsay (born 14 November 1990 in Budapest) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. [1] [2] She is a five-time All-Big East performer, a varsity swimmer for the Louisville Cardinals, and a marketing student at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
Povazsay qualified for the women's 100 m backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:02.38 at the European Championships in Debrecen. [3] [4] [5] She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympians Anja Čarman of Slovenia and Sanja Jovanović of Croatia. She was faster than Kazakhstan's Yekaterina Rudenko to grab a sixth spot by 0.09 of a second in 1:03.55. Povazsay failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-seventh overall in the preliminaries. [6] [7]