Klára Killermann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Olympic swimmer
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Place of Birth: Tatabánya, Komárom-Esztergom County, Hungary
About Klára Killermann
- Klára Killermann (also known as Killermann-Bartos) (born 23 June 1929 in Tatabánya, died 16 July 2012) was a breaststroke swimmer from Hungary.
- She first won a national championship in 1942, as a 13-year-old, to the big surprise of the Hungarian swimming sport, which at that time was world-famous.
- In 1951 she won gold medal in 100 and 200m breast stroke at the University Games in Berlin.
- In Helsinki, in 1952, she had exactly the same time as the third placed Helen Gordon 2.57,6, but according to the judges, she was placed fourth, and did not win the bronze medal.
- At the European Championships in 1954 she won bronze in 200m breaststroke.Her husband was a national rowing champion, and she has two daughters, Dorottya Klára and Csilla.
- Her granddaughter Viktória married Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi, the son of Princess Irene of the Netherlands, herself a sister of the former Queen Beatrix.
- Jaime and Viktória's oldest daughter, Princess Zita Clara, is named in her memory.
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