Magda Molnar
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Magda Molnar is pictured on left with two other Hungarian open water swimmers
Magda Molnar is a Hungarian open water swimmer who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Swimmer in 1985.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- She swam initially with the MUE club and after with the biggest club in Hungary at the FTC.
- She was a multiple national Hungarian champion who won the 12.5 km Lake Balaton Swimming Championships between Balatonfured and Siofok in 1942 in 4 hours 13 minutes.
- She won the national Hungarian championship at the 12.5 km Lake Balaton Swimming Championships between Balatonfured and Siofok in 1943 in 4 hours 17 minutes.
- On 5th of September 1955, she swam 105 km in 15 hours 56 minutes in the Danube river. The river was 18.5 C.
- On July 28 1957, she completed the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 13 hours 42 minutes 10 seconds.
- On 27 July 1958, she completed the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 13 hours 53 minutes 12 seconds.
- On 2 August 1959, she swam across the Strait of Bonifacio between Corsica and Sardinia in 5 hours 48 minutes.
- On July 15 1962, she completed the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 11 hours 6 minutes 34 seconds.
- On 14 July 1963, she completed the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 12 hours 59 minutes 7 seconds.
- She competed four other times the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy and did not finish within the cut off time (1959, 1960, 1961 and 1964).
