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German swimmer (born 1975)
Silvia Szalai (born 26 February 1975)[4] [5] is a retired German swimmer who won one silver and two gold medals in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the European and world championships in 1998, 1999 and 2001.[6] At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships her team finished in fourth place, but the leading Australian and US squads were disqualified.[7]
She was born in Hungary and later moved to Frankfurt , hoping to compete for Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics . However, the International Olympic Committee rejected her application on technical grounds.[4]
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1986 : Manuela Stellmach , Astrid Strauss , Nadja Bergknecht , Heike Friedrich (GDR)1991 : Kerstin Kielgass , Manuela Stellmach , Dagmar Hase , Stephanie Ortwig (GER)1994 : Le Ying , Yang Aihua , Zhou Guanbin, Lü Bin (CHN)1998 : Franziska van Almsick , Dagmar Hase , Silvia Szalai , Kerstin Kielgass (GER)2001 : Nicola Jackson , Janine Belton , Karen Legg , Karen Pickering (GBR)2003 : Lindsay Benko , Rachel Komisarz , Rhi Jeffrey , Diana Munz (USA)2005 : Natalie Coughlin , Katie Hoff , Whitney Myers , Kaitlin Sandeno (USA)2007 : Natalie Coughlin , Dana Vollmer , Lacey Nymeyer , Katie Hoff (USA)2009 : Yang Yu , Zhu Qianwei , Liu Jing , Pang Jiaying (CHN)2011 : Missy Franklin , Dagny Knutson , Katie Hoff , Allison Schmitt (USA)2013 : Katie Ledecky , Shannon Vreeland , Karlee Bispo , Missy Franklin (USA)2015 : Missy Franklin , Leah Smith , Katie McLaughlin , Katie Ledecky (USA)2017 : Leah Smith , Mallory Comerford , Melanie Margalis , Katie Ledecky (USA)2019 : Ariarne Titmus , Madison Wilson , Brianna Throssell , Emma McKeon (AUS)2022 : Claire Weinstein , Leah Smith , Katie Ledecky , Bella Sims (USA)2023 : Mollie O'Callaghan , Shayna Jack , Brianna Throssell , Ariarne Titmus (AUS)2024 : Ai Yanhan , Gong Zhenqi, Li Bingjie , Yang Peiqi (CHN)