Helena Rakoczy

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Helena Rakoczy

Helena Rakoczy (born December 23, 1921 in Krakow ; † September 2, 2014 there ) was a Polish gymnast .

At the World Gymnastics Championships in Basel in 1950 , she won four gold medals and one bronze medal:

At the World Gymnastics Championships in Rome in 1954 , Rakoczy won a bronze medal each in the all-around and on the uneven bars. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , she won the bronze medal in gymnastics with the team . After completing her active career, she worked as a trainer in Poland and the United States . She also acted as a gymnastics judge.

In 2004 she was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City as the most successful Polish gymnast .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Żegnamy Helenę Rakoczy , obituary on przegladsportowy.pl from September 4, 2014 (Polish, accessed September 18, 2014).
personal data
SURNAME Rakoczy, Helena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish gymnast
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Krakow
DATE OF DEATH 2nd September 2014
Place of death Krakow