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| Full name | Matylda Vilma Pálfyová | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1912 Hernádszentistván, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 September 1944 (aged 32) Bresztovány, Nagyszombat, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Matylda Vilma Pálfyová (11 March 1912 – 23 September 1944) was a Slovak gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, helping her team to a silver medal.[3] She also competed at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around competition.
She was born in Hernádszentistván, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Kostoľany nad Hornádom, Slovakia), and died after falling from a horse and fracturing her skull in Bresztovány (now Veľké Brestovany) at the age of 32.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "1938 World Gymnastics Championships – Prague, Czechoslovakia – June 30-July 1, 1938" (PDF). usagym.org. USA Gymnastics.
- ^ History.com, Gymnastics. "1938: The First All-Around World Champion in Women's Gymnastics". Gymnastics-History.com. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matilda Pálfyová". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links[edit]
- Matylda Pálfyová at databaseOlympics.com[dead link]
- Matylda Pálfyová at Olympedia
- Matylda Pálfyová at Olympics.com
- Matylda Pálfyová at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
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