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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Three-time Olympic champion swimmer Katinka Hosszu of Hungary has announced her retirement. She's one of the greatest all-around swimmers and known as the "Iron Lady." The 35-year-old Hosszu competed at five Olympic Games. She was only 15 when she made her Olympic debut at the 2004 Athens Games. Hosszu won her three individual gold medals in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, in the 100-meter backstroke and her signature 200 and 400 individual medleys. She added a silver medal in the 200 backstroke. She also won nine individual world titles in the long course pool dating to 2009 and still holds the long course 200 individual medley world record.
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