Matylda Pálfyová
Matylda Pálfyová | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Matylda Vilma Pálfyová |
Country represented | Czechoslovakia |
Born | March 11, 1912 |
Died | September 23, 1944 | (aged 32)
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
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Matylda Vilma Pálfyová (March 11, 1912 – September 23, 1944) was Slovak gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, helping her team to a Silver medal at those games. She also competed at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she received her greatest individual competitive glory in the sport, winning the bronze medal in the all-around competition.
She was born in Kostoľany nad Hornádom, Košice-okolie District and died after falling from a horse and fracturing her skull in Veľké Brestovany at the age of 32.
In 1936 she won the silver medal as member of the Czechoslovak gymnastics team.
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- 1912 births
- 1944 deaths
- Czechoslovak female artistic gymnasts
- Slovak female artistic gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts of Czechoslovakia
- Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- People from Košice-okolie District
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Deaths by horse-riding accident
- Accidental deaths in Slovakia
- Czechoslovak Olympic medalist stubs
- Slovak sportspeople stubs
- European artistic gymnast stubs