Andrea Mátay
Hungarian high jumper
Andrea Mátay (born 27 September 1955 in Budapest) is a retired Hungarian high jumper. Her outdoor personal best jump was 1.94 metres, achieved in September 1979 in Mexico City.[1] She had 1.98 m on the indoor track, from February 1979 in Budapest. It was a world indoor record. She won two medals at the European Indoor Championships. She became Hungarian champion in 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1985.[2]
She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year in 1979 after having won the European Indoor Championships and the Summer Universiade the same year.
International competitions
References
External links
- Andrea Mátay at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrea Mátay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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Preceded by | Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year 1979 | Succeeded by |
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Summer Universiade champions in women's high jump
- 1959–1961: Iolanda Balaș (ROM)
- 1963: Taisia Chenchik (URS)
- 1965: Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)
- 1967: Mami Takeda (JPN)
- 1970: Snežana Hrepevnik (YUG)
- 1973: Virginia Ioan (ROM)
- 1975: Galina Filatova (URS)
- 1977: Sara Simeoni (ITA)
- 1979: Andrea Mátay (HUN)
- 1981: Sara Simeoni (ITA)
- 1983: Tamara Bykova (URS)
- 1985: Silvia Costa (CUB)
- 1987: Svetlana Isaeva (BUL)
- 1989: Alina Astafei (ROM)
- 1991: Alison Inverarity (AUS)
- 1993: Tanya Hughes (USA)
- 1995: Viktoriya Fyodorova (RUS)
- 1997: Amy Acuff (USA)
- 1999: Monica Iagăr (ROM)
- 2001: Vita Palamar (UKR)
- 2003: Dóra Győrffy (HUN)
- 2005: Anna Chicherova (RUS)
- 2007: Marina Aitova (KAZ)
- 2009: Ariane Friedrich (GER)
- 2011: Brigetta Barrett (USA)
- 2013: Kamila Lićwinko (POL)
- 2015: Airinė Palšytė (LTU)
- 2017: Oksana Okunyeva (UKR)
- 2019: Yuliya Chumachenko (UKR)
- 2021: Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah (GHA)
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