Martina Moravcová

Not to be confused with Martina Moravčíková.

Martina Moravcová (born 16 January 1976) is a Slovak medley, butterfly, and freestyle swimmer. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and went on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics (1992–2008). She is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, both achieved at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the 100 metre butterfly, she finished second to Inge de Bruijn, and in the 200 metre freestyle, she finished eight one-hundredths of a second to home favourite Susie O'Neill.

Martina Moravcová

Martina Moravcová (2022)
Personal information
Nickname	The Slovak Fish[1]
Nationality	Slovakia
Born	(1976-01-16) 16 January 1976 (age 49) Piešťany, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Website	martinamoravcova.com
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle butterfly medley
Club	ŠKP Kúpele Piešťany (Slovakia) Dallas Mustangs (USA)
College team	SMU Mustangs
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Slovakia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 2 0 World Championships (LC) 0 3 2 World Championships (SC) 7 5 5 European Championships (LC) 3 10 1 European Championships (SC) 19 7 4 Universiade 5 0 1 Total 34 27 13 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 100 m butterfly 2000 Sydney 200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1998 Perth 100 m freestyle 1998 Perth 200 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 200 m freestyle 1998 Perth 200 m medley 2003 Barcelona 100 m butterfly World Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 200 m freestyle 1999 Hong Kong 100 m medley 1999 Hong Kong 200 m medley 2000 Athens 100 m medley 2002 Moscow 100 m butterfly 2002 Moscow 100 m medley 2004 Indianapolis 100 m butterfly 1995 Rio de Janeiro 200 m medley 1997 Gothenburg 200 m medley 2000 Athens 200 m freestyle 2000 Athens 200 m medley 2002 Moscow 100 m freestyle 1995 Rio de Janeiro 200 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 200 m freestyle 2000 Athens 100 m freestyle 2004 Indianapolis 100 m medley 2006 Shanghai 100 m medley European Championships (LC) 2000 Helsinki 100 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 100 m butterfly 2004 Madrid 100 m butterfly 1993 Sheffield 100 m freestyle 1997 Sheffield 100 m freestyle 1997 Seville 100 m butterfly 1997 Seville 200 m medley 2000 Helsinki 100 m freestyle 2000 Helsinki 200 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 50 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 100 m freestyle 2004 Madrid 50 m butterfly 2006 Budapest 100 m butterfly 2000 Helsinki 50 m butterfly European Championships (SC) 1996 Rostock 200 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 200 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 100 m butterfly 1998 Sheffield 100 m medley 1999 Lisbon 200 m freestyle 1999 Lisbon 100 m medley 2000 Valencia 200 m freestyle 2000 Valencia 100 m butterfly 2000 Valencia 100 m medley 2001 Antwerp 200 m freestyle 2001 Antwerp 100 m butterfly 2001 Antwerp 100 m medley 2002 Riesa 100 m freestyle 2002 Riesa 100 m butterfly 2002 Riesa 100 m medley 2003 Dublin 100 m butterfly 2004 Vienna 100 m butterfly 2004 Vienna 200 m butterfly 2005 Trieste 100 m butterfly 1994 Stavanger 50 m butterfly 1996 Rostock 100 m medley 1998 Sheffield 100 m freestyle 1999 Lisbon 200 m medley 2001 Antwerp 100 m freestyle 2003 Dublin 50 m butterfly 2004 Vienna 50 m butterfly 1994 Stavanger 50 m backstroke 1996 Rostock 100 m freestyle 2000 Valencia 100 m freestyle 2006 Helsinki 100 m butterfly Universiade 1995 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle 1997 Catania 100 m freestyle 1997 Catania 200 m freestyle 1997 Catania 100 m butterfly 1997 Catania 200 m medley 1995 Fukuoka 200 m medley

Early life

Martina Moravcová was born in 1976 in Piešťany. As a child, she liked to go to the swimming pool and swim in the Váh river; when she became a young girl, she participated in yachting on Sĺňava Lake.^[1] In 1995 she moved to Dallas, Texas, where she started attending Southern Methodist University.^[2] She was diagnosed with Graves' disease in 1999.^[3]

Career

Early career

Moravcová represented Czechoslovakia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The youngest member of her country's delegation at 16 years old, she took part in the 100 metre butterfly and the 100 metre freestyle.^[2]

In 1999, she was named the NCAA's Women's Swimmer of the Year^[4] While at SMU, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female swimmer in 1999.^[5][6]

2000 Summer Olympics

Moravcová represented Slovakia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She reached the final of the 100 metre butterfly, finishing second behind Inge de Bruijn who set a new world record in the race, to claim a silver medal.^[3] In the 200 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 medallist Susie O'Neill.^[7]

Later career

In 2000–01 FINA Swimming World Cup, Moravcová was the top women's winner in the FINA's World Cup series, winning eight events.^[8] She repeated the achievement in 2002 and 2004.^[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]