Paula Marosi
Paula Marosi medal table |
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Hungary | ||
Olympic games | ||
gold | Tokyo 1964 | Foil team |
silver | Mexico City 1968 | Foil team |
World championships | ||
gold | Buenos Aires 1962 | Foil team |
silver | Moscow 1966 | Foil team |
Paula Marosi-Földessy (* 3. November 1936 in Budapest as Paula Marosi ) is a former Hungarian foil fencer .
Life
Paula Marosi was world champion with the team in Buenos Aires in 1962 and took second place with her in Moscow in 1966 . She took part in two Olympic Games : At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 , she met the Soviet Union with the Hungarian team in the finals and was victorious 9: 7. Together with Lídia Dömölky-Sákovics , Katalin Juhász , Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi and Ildikó Ujlakiné-Rejtő , she became Olympic champion . In 1968 in Mexico City they moved into the team competition again in the final against the Soviet Union , which was lost 3: 9.
Her brother József Marosi was also an Olympic fencer. She was married to former long jumper Ödön Földessy , who won Olympic bronze in 1952 , until his death in June 2020 .
Web links
- Paula Marosi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Marosi, Paula |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marosi-Földessy, Paula (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian foil fencer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest , Hungary |