Éva Pajor Explained

Éva Pajor
Nationality:Hungarian
Birth Date:16 September 1937
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary

Éva Pajor (16 September 1937  - 19 December 2014) was a Hungarian swimmer.[1] She competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[2] Following the Olympics, she sought asylum in Australia, becoming a swimming teacher in Sydney.[1] She later opened two swimming centres in the country, and a swimming centre in Penrith, New South Wales was named after her.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Éva Pajor . Olympedia . 23 March 2022.
  2. Éva Pajor Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092554/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/eva-pajor-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 8 October 2016.