Ágnes Kovács

Ágnes Kovács
Ágnes Kovács (2014)
Personal information
Surname:	Ágnes Kovács
Nation:	Hungary
Swimming style (s) :	chest
Society:	Budapesti Spartacus SC
Birthday:	July 13, 1981
Place of birth:	Budapest
Size:	1.78 m
Weight:	63 kg
Medal table

Ágnes Kovács [ ˈaːɡnɛʃ ˈkovaːtʃ ] (born July 13, 1981 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian swimmer .

Career

She is one of the most successful breast swimmers ever. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 she was Olympic champion over 200 m breaststroke. Four years earlier she had won the bronze medal over the same distance at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . She was also successful at European and World Championships. For example, she was European champion at the 1999 European Championships over all three breast-length courses, and at the 1998 and 2001 World Championships she won the title over her special course.

In 1997 and 1998 she was voted Europe's swimmer of the year .

Records

European records (1)
200 m chest	02: 24.03 min	September 20, 2000	Sydney
(As of July 30, 2008)

Web links

• Website of Ágnes Kovács (hungarian)
• Ágnes Kovács in the Swimrankings.net database (English)
• Ágnes Kovács in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )