Valeria GYENGE

Valéria Gyenge was the daughter-in-law of János Garay, Sr. who died a brutal death in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in 1945, and the sister-in-law of János Garay, Jr.. In 1956 directly after the Melbourne Olympics, Gyenge emigrated to Canada and became a famous photographer. As opposed to many of her teammates, she often returned to Hungary, showing her photographs in exhibitions. Her daughter Sue “Soo” Garay became a famous television actress, best known for playing Dr. Claire Davison on the series Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal. Gyenge was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in in 1978.