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 has gone 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-meter butterfly, she finished second to Inge de Bruijn, and in the 200-meter freestyle, she finished eight one-hundredths of a second to home favorite Susie O'Neill. Early life Martina Moravcová was born in 1976 in Piešťany. As a child, she liked to go to the swimming pool and swim in Váh river and when she became a young girl, participated in yachting on Sĺňava Lake. In the 1990s she moved to Dallas, Texas where she started attending Southern Methodist University. Career In 1999, she was named the NCAA's Women's Swimmer of the Year While at SMU, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female swimmer in 1999. In 2002 and 2004, she was the top women's winner on FINA's World Cup series. Her 105 gold medals in this competition ranks her second all-time, behind Katinka Hosszú. In 2014 she became a coach of a Slovak Swimming Camp at which she helped 700 children to achieve their goals. Currently she is an assistant coach to Steve Collins at the Southern Methodist University and is a mother to two children. References External links 1976 births Living people People from Piešťany Slovak female swimmers Czechoslovak female swimmers Olympic swimmers of Czechoslovakia Olympic swimmers of Slovakia Olympic silver medalists for Slovakia Female medley swimmers Slovak female freestyle swimmers Female butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Slovakia Universiade bronze medalists for Slovakia SMU Mustangs women's swimmers Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade