Györgyi Székely-Marvalics
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 Hungary
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 Olympic games
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| silver | Rome 1960 | Foil team |
 World championships
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| bronze | London 1956 | Foil team |
| gold | Budapest 1959 | Foil team |
Györgyi Székely-Marvalics (born December 1, 1924 in Nagykanizsa , † July 18, 2002 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian foil fencer .
Life
Györgyi Székely-Marvalics was world champion with the team in Budapest in 1959 . She had previously taken third place with her in London in 1956 . At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , she was used in the preliminary rounds against Romania and Great Britain , both of which were won. After two more victories in the final, the Hungarian team met the Soviet Union, which they lost 3: 9. Together with Lídia Dömölky-Sákovics , Katalin Juhász , Magda Nyári-Kovács and Ildikó Ujlakiné-Rejtő , she won the silver medal.
Her uncle Kálmán Marvalits took part twice in the discus throw at the Olympic Games in the 1920s .
Web links
- Györgyi Székely-Marvalics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Székely-Marvalics, Györgyi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian foil fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nagykanizsa , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 2002 |
| Place of death | Budapest , Hungary |