Olga Gyarmati
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| Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Hungarian, British | ||||||||||||
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5 October 1924 Debrecen, Hungary |
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| Died | 27 October 2013 (aged 89) Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | István Várkonyi Tamás Aczél |
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| Country | Hungary | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Club | Debreceni TE (1941–44) Vasas SC (1947–1956) |
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| Personal best(s) | 60 m – 7.8 sec (1950) 80 m hurdles – 11.1 sec (1953) 100 m – 11.9 sec (1951) 200 m – 24.8 sec (1951) High jump – 160 cm (1950) Long jump – 623 cm (1953) Shot put – 11.12 m (1952) Women's pentathlon – 4160 pts (1955) |
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Olga Gyarmati (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈolɡɒ ˈɟɒrmɒti]; 5 October 1924 – 27 October 2013) was a Hungarian all-round 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. Additionally, she won two Universiade gold medals and a number of Hungarian Athletics Championships titles in sprint and jumping events.
Gyarmati was born in Debrecen and began athletics in local club Debreceni TE. She won her first Hungarian Athletics Championships title in 1941, at the age of 17, in the 100-metre dash. Shortly after, in the final years of World War I, athletics suffered a setback in Hungary as virtually no competitive events were held in the country; in this period Gyarmati moved to Budapest and married to István Várkonyi.
Gyarmati returned to competitive sport in 1947, continuing her career in Vasas SC. Until 1956 Gyarmati won a total of 31 individual national titles in Hungary, including three in 100-metre dash (1941, 1949, 1951), two in 200 metre-dash (1951, 1952), seven in the 80-metre hurdles (1948, 1949, 1951–1955), two in the high jump (1942, 1949), eight in the long jump (1948, 1949, 1951–56), and two in the pentathlon (1950, 1955). In addition, she won three team titles, one each in the high jump, long jump, and shot put.
Gyarmati earned her biggest success at the 1948 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in the long jump, thus becoming the second Hungarian female Olympic champion in athletics after Ibolya Csák. Gyarmati qualified for the event – the first ever Olympic long jump competition for women – with a result of 599 cm, just 26 cm short to the world record, being one of the main gold medal contenders. She eventually achieved 569.5 cm on her third attempt, setting a new Olympic record and winning the gold medal. In the high jump Gyarmati finished 17th.
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