Gabriella Mészáros
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Mészáros on balance beam at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympic Games
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Gabriella Mészáros (born 14 December 1913, died 4 April 1994[1]) was a Hungarian gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2] Exceptionally good on beam, she was the highest scorer on balance beam on the voluntary exercise on that apparatus as well as having the highest combined (compulsory and voluntary totalled together) score on that apparatus at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Also, at the first-ever World Championships for Women in 1934, she is credited with being the first gymnast ever to execute a split on the balance beam,[3] during which debut, a judge arose from his/her station to observe the new feat.
References[]
- ^ PIM.hu
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gabriella Mészáros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 104.
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1994 deaths
- Hungarian female artistic gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts of Hungary
- Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian Olympic medalist stubs
- Hungarian artistic gymnast stubs