Katalin Bor

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Katalin Bor
Personal information
Full nameKatalin Bor
National teamFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Born (1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 (age 34)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
ClubJövő SC (HUN)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Hungary
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Palma 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Palma 200 m breaststroke

Katalin Bor (born February 10, 1990, in Budapest) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. [1] She represented her nation Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of two medals (one silver and one bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the 2006 European Junior Swimming Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. [2] [3]

Bor competed for Hungary in the women's 200 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:31.13 from the national championships in Budapest. [4] Swimming on the outside lane in heat three, Bor overhauled a 2:30-barrier to touch out Morocco's Sara El Bekri at the final turn for the third spot by nine hundredths of a second (0.09) with a lifetime best of 2:29.95. Bor failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-seventh out of 41 swimmers in the prelims. [5]

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