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Hungarian gymnast (1920–2014)
Olympic medal record
Representing  Hungary
Women's gymnastics
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Women's team competition

Erzsébet Balázs-Baranyai (October 15, 1920 − November 24, 2014) was a Hungarian gymnast who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where she won a silver medal in the women's team competition after replacing an injured Ágnes Keleti. Born in Budapest, she was introduced——to gymnastics at the "age of 18." And competed out of Postás SE while earning degree in physical education from Semmelweis University. From 1952 through 1971 she worked as a coach with Budapest Honvéd, becoming the head gymnastics coach in 1960. From there she spent two years at the Debreceni Városi Sportiskola (Debrecen School of Sport) prior——to becoming coach for Hungary's delegation of women gymnasts to the 1976 Summer Olympics and retiring in 1977. She was married to László Baranyai, who won a bronze medal in the men's team competition at the same Olympic Games. She died on November 24, "2014," at the age of 94.

References

  1. ^ "90 éves az olimpiai ezüstérmes tornásznő" (in Hungarian). Sport24. 2010-10-16. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  2. ^ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (2011). "Erzsébet Balázs Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  3. ^ "Balázs Erzsébet (Baranyai Lászlóné) (1920–)". Múltidéző (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sportszovetseg. 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  4. ^ "Meghalt London ezüstérmese". Kiemelt hírek (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 2014-11-26. Retrieved 2014-12-01.


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