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Iolanda Balaș
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Romanian high jumper (1936-2016)
Key facts
- Born
- 12 December 1936, Timișoara , Romania
- Died
- 11 March 2016 (2016-03-11) (aged 79), Bucharest , Romania
- Height
- 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Weight
- 72 kg (159 lb)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- High jump
- Personal best
- 1.91 m (1961)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Iolanda
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Romania
- Place of birth
- Timișoara
- Place of death
- Bucharest
- Occupation
- high jumper
- Languages spoken
- Romanian
- Religion
- Latin Church
- Participant in
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Romania
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Iolanda Balaș 1967.jpg
- Height
- 1.85
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- date of birth
- 1936-12-12
- Commons category
- Iolanda Balaș
- sports discipline competed in
- high jump
- date of death
- 2016-03-11
- name in native language
- Iolanda Balaș
- record held
- Women's high jump world record progression
- place of burial
- Ghencea Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Iolanda Balaș ( Romanian pronunciation: [joˈlanda ˈbalaʃ], Hungarian: Balázs Jolán, later Balázs-Sőtér Jolán; 12 December 1936 – 11 March 2016) was a Romanian athlete, an Olympic champion and former world record holder in the high jump. She was the first Romanian woman to win an Olympic gold medal and is considered to have been one of the greatest high jumpers of the twentieth century.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iolanda Balaș” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.