Ibolya Csák
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Olympic champion 1936: Ibolya Csák (left) with third-placed Elfriede Kaun (center) and silver medalist Dorothy Odam
Ibolya Csák [ ˈibojɒ ˈtʃaːk ] (born January 6, 1915 in Budapest ; † February 9, 2006 there ) was a Hungarian athlete. She became Olympic high jump champion in 1936 .
Csák won the Olympic final at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 with a height of 1.62 m (in the jump-off). This made her the first ever Hungarian athletics Olympic champion.
Two years later she was defeated by the German Dora Ratjen at the European Championships in Vienna with 1.64 m . But after it had turned out that Ratjen was in reality a man, Csák was awarded the European title and the European record.
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- Ibolya Csák in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Csák, Ibolya |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 2006 |
Place of death | Budapest |