Olga Gyarmati
Encyclopedia
Olga Gyarmati is a retired Hungarian
athlete who competed at three Olympic Games
in four different events. Her greatest success was winning the inaugural Olympic Women's Long Jump competition in London in 1948.
, London
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1952 Summer Olympics
, Helsinki
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1956 Summer Olympics
, Melbourne
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Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
athlete who competed at three Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
in four different events. Her greatest success was winning the inaugural Olympic Women's Long Jump competition in London in 1948.
Lifetime bests
- 100m 11.9 (1951)
- 200m 24.8 (1951)
- High Jump 1.60m (1950)
- Long Jump 6.23m (1953)
Olympic career
1948 Summer Olympics1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Long Jump: Gold medal, 5.695m (Olympic Record)
- High Jump: 17th=, 1.40m
1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
, Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
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- Long Jump: 10th, 5.67m
- 200m: 5th in 3rd heat round 1, 25.5 (did not qualify for next round)
- 4x100m relay: Hungarian team disqualified in heat
1956 Summer Olympics
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...
, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
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- Long Jump: 11th, 5.66m