Eva Szekely, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who later became an Olympics multiple award-winning swimmer, died Feb. 29. She was 92.

Fascist militants in Hungary took her away at age 17 and put her into a labor camp. She escaped by jumping onto a passing streetcar during a forced march through the city. She returned to her family, who were living in a two-room safe house, where she remained until liberated.

Throughout her career Szekely broke six world records, won 44 national titles, took home a gold in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952, and earned a silver in the same race at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956.

In 2004, Szekely was named one of Hungary’s “Athletes of the Nation.”