Martina Moravcová (born 16 January 1976) is a Slovakmedley,butterfly, andfreestyleswimmer. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 forCzechoslovakia, and went on to compete in five consecutiveSummer Olympics (1992–2008). She is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, both achieved at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney,Australia. In the100 metre butterfly, she finished second toInge de Bruijn, and in the200 metre freestyle, she finished eight one-hundredths of a second to home favouriteSusie O'Neill.
Martina Moravcová was born in 1976 inPiešťany. As a child, she liked to go to theswimming pool and swim in theVáh river; when she became a young girl, she participated in yachting on Sĺňava Lake.[1] In 1995 she moved toDallas, Texas, where she started attendingSouthern Methodist University.[2] She was diagnosed withGraves' disease in 1999.[3]
Moravcová represented Czechoslovakia at the1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The youngest member of her country's delegation at 16 years old, she took part in the100 metre butterfly and the100 metre freestyle.[2]
In 1999, she was named theNCAA's Women's Swimmer of the Year[4] While atSMU, she won theHonda Sports Award as the nation's top female swimmer in 1999.[5][6]
Moravcová represented Slovakia at the2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She reached the final of the100 metre butterfly, finishing second behindInge de Bruijn who set a new world record in the race, to claim a silver medal.[3] In the200 metre freestyle, Moravcová became Slovakia's first multiple Olympic medal winner after finishing second in the final for another silver. She completed the race in 1 minute, 58.32 seconds, a national record and less than a tenth of a second behind gold medallistSusie O'Neill.[7]
In2000–01 FINA Swimming World Cup, Moravcová was the top women's winner in theFINA's World Cup series, winning eight events.[8] She repeated the achievement in2002 and2004.[9][10] She won her 100th World Cup gold medal in Moscow in 2005.[11]
In 2008, Moravcová headed to the Summer Olympics for the fifth time as one of only two Slovak swimmers in her nation's delegation.[12]
In 2014 she became a coach of a Slovak Swimming Camp at which she helped 700 children to achieve their goals.[13]
She is a mother to two children.[13]
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| Preceded by | World Record holder Women's 100 Butterfly (25m) 26 January – 22 November 2002 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | World Record holder Women's 100 Individual Medley (25m) 12 December 1998 – 16 January 1999 2 April 1999 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by -- Alison Sheppard | World Cup Female Overall Winner 2001/2002 2003/2004 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Mare Nostrum Overall Winner 2003 | Succeeded by |
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