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Klára Killermann

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Klára Killermann
Personal information
Full nameBartos-Killermann Klára
Nationality Hungary
Born(1929-06-23)June 23, 1929
Tatabánya
Died(2012-07-16)July 16, 2012
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbreaststroke
ClubFerencvárosi TC
Medal record
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Turin 200 m breaststroke

Klára Killermann (also known as Killermann-Bartos) (born June 23, 1929 in Tatabánya, died July 16, 2012[1]) is a former 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.[2]

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 daughter, Princess Zita Clara, is named in her memory.

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