Angéla Németh
Hungarian javelin thrower
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Born | (1946-02-18)18 February 1946 Budapest | ||||||||||||||
Died | 5 August 2014(2014-08-05) (aged 68) Budapest | ||||||||||||||
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Angéla Németh (18 February 1946 – 5 August 2014) was a Hungarian track and field athlete, known as Angéla Ránky after her marriage.
In competing for her native country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, she won the gold medal in the javelin.[1]
She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year in 1968 and 1969 after having won the Olympic title in 1968 and the European title in 1969.[2]
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Preceded by | Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year 1968-1969 | Succeeded by Andrea Gyarmati |
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- 1932:
Babe Didrikson (USA)
- 1936:
Tilly Fleischer (GER)
- 1948:
Herma Bauma (AUT)
- 1952:
Dana Zátopková (TCH)
- 1956:
Inese Jaunzeme (URS)
- 1960:
Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS)
- 1964:
Mihaela Peneș (ROU)
- 1968:
Angéla Németh (HUN)
- 1972:
Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
- 1976:
Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
- 1980:
María Caridad Colón (CUB)
- 1984:
Tessa Sanderson (GBR)
- 1988:
Petra Felke (GDR)
- 1992:
Silke Renk (GER)
- 1996:
Heli Rantanen (FIN)
- 2000:
Trine Hattestad (NOR)
- 2004:
Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
- 2008:
Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2012:
Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2016:
Sara Kolak (CRO)
- 2020:
Liu Shiying (CHN)
- 2024:
Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN)
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