Martina Moravcová

Martina Moravcová

Personal information
Nickname(s)	The Slovak Fish[1]
Nationality	Slovakia
Born	(1976-01-16) 16 January 1976 (age 45) Piešťany, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly, medley
Club	ŠKP Kúpele Piešťany (Slovakia) Dallas Mustangs (USA)
College team	SMU Mustangs
show Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Slovakia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 2 0 World Championships (LC) 0 3 2 World Championships (SC) 7 5 5 European Championships (LC) 3 10 1 European Championships (SC) 19 7 4 Universiade 5 0 1 Total 34 27 13 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 100 m butterfly 2000 Sydney 200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1998 Perth 100 m freestyle 1998 Perth 200 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 200 m freestyle 1998 Perth 200 m medley 2003 Barcelona 100 m butterfly World Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 1999 Hong Kong 1999 Hong Kong 2000 Athens 2002 Moscow 2002 Moscow 2004 Indianapolis 1995 Rio de Janeiro 1997 Gothenburg 2000 Athens 2000 Athens 2002 Moscow 1995 Rio de Janeiro 1997 Gothenburg 2000 Athens 2004 Indianapolis 2006 Shanghai European Championships (LC) 2000 Helsinki 2002 Berlin 2004 Madrid 1993 Sheffield 1997 Sheffield 100 m freestyle 1997 Seville 100 m butterfly 1997 Seville 200 m medley 2000 Helsinki 2000 Helsinki 2002 Berlin 2002 Berlin 2004 Madrid 2006 Budapest 2000 Helsinki European Championships (SC) 1996 Rostock 1998 Sheffield 200 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 1998 Sheffield 1999 Lisbon 1999 Lisbon 2000 Valencia 2000 Valencia 2000 Valencia 2001 Antwerp 2001 Antwerp 2001 Antwerp 2002 Riesa 2002 Riesa 2002 Riesa 2003 Dublin 2004 Vienna 2004 Vienna 2005 Trieste 1994 Stavanger 1996 Rostock 1998 Sheffield 100 m freestyle 1999 Lisbon 2001 Antwerp 2003 Dublin 2004 Vienna 1994 Stavanger 1996 Rostock 2000 Valencia 2006 Helsinki Universiade 1995 Fukuoka 1997 Catania 1997 Catania 1997 Catania 1997 Catania 1995 Fukuoka

Martina Moravcová (born 16 January 1976 in Piešťany, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics (1992–2008). She is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, both achieved at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the 100-meter butterfly, she finished second to Inge de Bruijn, and in the 200-meter freestyle, she finished eight one-hundredths of a second to home favorite Susie O'Neill.

Early life[]

Martina Moravcová was born in 1976 in Piešťany. As a child, she liked to go to the swimming pool and swim in Váh river and when she became a young girl, participated in yachting on Sĺňava Lake.^[1] In the 1990s she moved to Dallas, Texas where she started attending Southern Methodist University.

Career[]

In 1999 she was named the NCAA's Women's Swimmer of the Year^[2] While at SMU, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female swimmer in 1999.^[3][4] In 2002 and 2004, she was the top women's winner on FINA's World Cup series. Her 105 gold medals in this competition ranks her second all-time, behind Katinka Hosszú.^[5]

In 2014 she became a coach of a Slovak Swimming Camp at which she helped 700 children to achieve their goals.^[6]

Currently she is an assistant coach to Steve Collins at the Southern Methodist University^[7] and is a mother to two children.^[6]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website