Ágnes Kovács

The native form of this personal name is Kovács Ágnes. This article uses the Western name order.

Ágnes Kovács

Personal information
Full name	Kovács Ágnes
National team	Hungary
Born	(1981-07-13) 13 July 1981 Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, medley
Club	Budapesti Spartacus Sport Club
College team	Arizona State University (USA)
Coach	Mike Chasson (USA)
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Hungary Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 200 m breaststroke 1996 Atlanta 200 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) 1998 Perth 200 m breaststroke 2001 Fukuoka 200 m breaststroke 2001 Fukuoka 100 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) 1997 Seville 100 m breaststroke 1997 Seville 200 m breaststroke 1999 Istanbul 50 m breaststroke 1999 Istanbul 100 m breaststroke 1999 Istanbul 200 m breaststroke 2000 Helsinki 50 m breaststroke 2000 Helsinki 100 m breaststroke 1995 Vienna 4×100 m medley 2000 Helsinki 200 m breaststroke 1995 Vienna 100 m breaststroke 2006 Budapest 50 m breaststroke 2006 Budapest 100 m breaststroke 2006 Budapest 200 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) 1999 Lisbon 50 m breaststroke 1999 Lisbon 100 m breaststroke 1999 Lisbon 200 m breaststroke 2002 Riesa 100 m breaststroke

Ágnes Kovács (born 13 July 1981) is an Olympic and national record holding former breaststroke swimmer from Hungary. She swam from Hungary at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. At the 2000 Olympics, she won the Women's 200 Breaststroke.

At the 2000 Olympics, she set the Hungary Records in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes (1:07.79 and 2:24.03). As of 2014, these records still stand.

She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year four consecutive years, from 1997-2000. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2014.

References

• (Hungarian) Agnes Kovacs Forum

Awards
Preceded by Krisztina Egerszegi	Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year 1997-2000	Succeeded by Gyöngyi Likerecz
Preceded by Michelle Smith	European Swimmer of the Year 1997 – 1998	Succeeded by Inge de Bruijn