Martina Moravcová

Martina Moravcová

Personal information
Full name	Martina Moravcová
Nationality	Slovakia
Born	(1976-01-16) 16 January 1976 Piešťany, Trnava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly, medley
Club	ŠKP Kúpele Piešťany (Slovakia) Dallas Mustangs (USA)
College team	SMU Mustangs
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 200 m freestyle 1999 Hong Kong 100 m medley 1999 Hong Kong 200 m medley 2000 Athens 100 m medley 2002 Moscow 100 m butterfly 2002 Moscow 100 m medley 2004 Indianapolis 100 m butterfly 1995 Rio de Janeiro 200 m medley 1997 Gothenburg 200 m medley 2000 Athens 200 m freestyle 2000 Athens 200 m medley 2002 Moscow 100 m freestyle 1995 Rio de Janeiro 200 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 200 m freestyle 2000 Athens 100 m freestyle 2004 Indianapolis 100 m medley 2006 Shanghai 100 m medley European Championships (LC) 2000 Helsinki 100 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 100 m butterfly 2004 Madrid 100 m butterfly 1993 Sheffield 100 m freestyle 1997 Sheffield 100 m freestyle 1997 Seville 100 m butterfly 1997 Seville 200 m medley 2000 Helsinki 100 m freestyle 2000 Helsinki 200 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 50 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 100 m freestyle 2004 Madrid 50 m butterfly 2006 Budapest 100 m butterfly 2000 Helsinki 50 m butterfly European Championships (SC) 1996 Rostock 200 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 200 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 100 m butterfly 1998 Sheffield 100 m medley 1999 Lisbon 200 m freestyle 1999 Lisbon 100 m medley 2000 Valencia 200 m freestyle 2000 Valencia 100 m butterfly 2000 Valencia 100 m medley 2001 Antwerp 200 m freestyle 2001 Antwerp 100 m butterfly 2001 Antwerp 100 m medley 2002 Riesa 100 m freestyle 2002 Riesa 100 m butterfly 2002 Riesa 100 m medley 2003 Dublin 100 m butterfly 2004 Vienna 100 m butterfly 2004 Vienna 200 m butterfly 2005 Trieste 100 m butterfly 1994 Stavanger 50 m butterfly 1996 Rostock 100 m medley 1998 Sheffield 100 m freestyle 1999 Lisbon 200 m medley 2001 Antwerp 100 m freestyle 2003 Dublin 50 m butterfly 2004 Vienna 50 m butterfly 1994 Stavanger 50 m backstroke 1996 Rostock 100 m freestyle 2000 Valencia 100 m freestyle 2006 Helsinki 100 m butterfly Universiade 1995 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle 1997 Catania 100 m freestyle 1997 Catania 200 m freestyle 1997 Catania 100 m butterfly 1997 Catania 200 m medley 1995 Fukuoka 200 m medley

Martina Moravcová (born 16 January 1976 in Piešťany, Trnava, Czechoslovakia) is a medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Slovakia. 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. She is one of Slovakia's greatest female athletes, although she has lived in Dallas, TX, USA since she started attending Southern Methodist University in the mid-1990s.

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 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 - Eva is the name of the old thermal swimming pool in the famous Piešťany Spa.

In 1999 she was named the NCAA's Women's Swimmer of the Year In 2001, she was the top women's winner on FINA's World Cup series.

External links

• Official website

Records
Preceded by Jenny Thompson	World Record holder Women's 100 Butterfly (25m) 26 January – 22 November 2002	Succeeded by Natalie Coughlin
Preceded by Xiaowen Hu Jenny Thompson	World Record holder Women's 100 Individual Medley (25m) 12 December 1998 – 16 January 1999 2 April 1999	Succeeded by Jenny Thompson Jenny Thompson
Sporting positions
Preceded by -- Alison Sheppard	World Cup Female Overall Winner 2001/2002 2003/2004	Succeeded by Alison Sheppard Anna-Karin Kammerling
Preceded by Denys Sylantyev	Mare Nostrum Overall Winner 2003	Succeeded by Camelia Potec