Martina Moravcová

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Medal record
Women’s Swimming
Competitor for  Slovakia
Olympic Games
Silver	2000 Sydney	100 m Butterfly
Silver	2000 Sydney	200 m Freestyle
World Championships
Silver	1998 Perth	100 m Freestyle
Silver	1998 Perth	200 m Freestyle
Silver	2003 Barcelona	200 m Freestyle
Bronze	1998 Perth	200 m Individual Medley
Bronze	2003 Barcelona	100 m Butterfly
World Championships - Short Course
Gold	1999 Hong Kong	200 m Freestyle
Gold	1999 Hong Kong	100 m Medley
Gold	1999 Hong Kong	200 m Medley
Gold	2000 Athens	100 m Medley
Gold	2002 Moscow	100 m Butterfly
Gold	2002 Moscow	100 m Medley
Gold	2004 Indianapolis	100 m Butterfly
Silver	1995 Rio de Janeiro	200 m Medley
Silver	1997 Gothenburg	200 m Medley
Silver	2000 Athens	200 m Freestyle
Silver	2000 Athens	200 m Medley
Silver	2002 Moscow	100 m Freestyle
Bronze	1995 Rio de Janeiro	200 m Freestyle
Bronze	1997 Gothenburg	200 m Freestyle
Bronze	2000 Athens	100 m Freestyle
Bronze	2004 Indianapolis	100 m Medley
Bronze	2006 Shanghai	100 m Medley
European Championships
Gold	2000 Helsinki	100 m Butterfly
Gold	2002 Berlin	100 m Butterfly
Gold	2004 Madrid	100 m Butterfly
Silver	1993 Sheffield	100 m Freestyle
Silver	1997 Seville	100 m Freestyle
Silver	1997 Seville	100 m Butterfly
Silver	1997 Seville	200 m Medley
Silver	2000 Helsinki	100 m Freestyle
Silver	2000 Helsinki	200 m Freestyle
Silver	2002 Berlin	50 m Freestyle
Silver	2002 Berlin	100 m Freestyle
Silver	2004 Madrid	50 m Butterfly
Silver	2006 Budapest	100 m Butterfly
Bronze	2000 Helsinki	50 m Butterfly
Summer Universiade
Gold	1997 Catania	100 m Freestyle
Gold	1997 Catania	200 m Freestyle
Gold	1997 Catania	100 m Butterfly
Gold	1997 Catania	200 m Medley

Martina Moravcová (born January 16, 1976 in Piešťany) is a medley and freestyle swimmer from Slovakia, who made her international senior debut in 1991 for what was the Czechoslovakia. She competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 when she was just sixteen years of age. She is one of Slovakia's greatest female athletes, although she lives in the United States in Dallas, Texas, where she is trained by Steve Collins.

Moravcová's autobiography was published in December 2003 in her home country, shortly before she was voted as the Slovakia’s Sports person of the Year for the amazing sixth time since 1993. The title of her book is Martina s rodokmeňom Evy, which is loosely translated as Martina with the pedigree of Eva. Although intriguing, the title of the book is quite simple; Eva is the name of the old thermal swimming pool in the famous Piešťany Spa. Because her parents’ swimming careers began at Eva it was only a matter of time before Eva would also become a starting mark of her journey.

[edit] External links

• Personal website

Records
Preceded by Jenny Thompson	Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (short course) January 26, 2002 – November 22, 2002	Succeeded by Natalie Coughlin
Preceded by Xiaowen Hu	Women's 100 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) December 12, 1998 – January 16, 1999	Succeeded by Jenny Thompson
Preceded by Jenny Thompson	Women's 100 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) April 2, 1999	Succeeded by Jenny Thompson
Sporting positions
Preceded by Denys Sylantyev	Mare Nostrum Tour Overall Winner 2003	Succeeded by Camelia Potec