Katinka Hosszú is to be nominated for an honorary citizen of the city of Baja in southern Hungary, according to reports.
The 27-year-old Olympic champion, who has won three gold medals in four days at the Rio Olympics, is being nominated for the award by Baja Mayor Róbert Fercsák and farm ministry state secretary Róbert Zsigó, also an MP for the city,
Fercsák said the nomination is a token of Baja’s appreciation of Hosszú’s accomplishments, not only in Rio but throughout her swimming career and her contributions to Hungarian sport.
Hosszú, the self-styled “Iron Lady”, won her first Olympic gold medal by breaking the world record in the women’s 400m medley on Saturday. She went on to win the 100m backstroke and the 200m medley.
Hosszú is the first woman to win three individual swimming golds since Inge de Bruin of the Netherlands at the Sydney Games in 2000.