Her win in the 1936 Olympics was one of the tightest in the history of high jumping. Three athletes cleared 160 cm but none cleared 162. The three competitors were offered a fourth opportunity and Csák was the only one to clear the height.
She was a Hungarian Jew; she was one of a number of Jewish athletes who won medals at the Olympics in Berlin in 1936.[2]
Csák won the gold medal in the 1938 European championships after the original winner, Germany's Dora Ratjen, turned out to be a man. The height Csák cleared in that event was the Hungarian record for the high jump for the next 24 years.
She won nine Hungarian titles in all, including two in the long jump.
She was a competitor of the National Gymnastics Club (NTE) from 1929 until 1939, a gymnast from 1929 until 1932, and an athlete from 1933 until 1939. She also received the International Fair Play Life Achievement Award in 2005.
Personal life
Between 1936 and 1970, she worked in the central office of the Hungarian Banknote Printing Co.
She had two children, Ibolya (1940) and Attila (1942).
"Hungarian great Csak dies aged 91, CNN, February 10, 2006 accessed February 11, 2006
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ibolya, csák, january, 1915, february, 2006, hungarian, athlete, 1936, olympics, personal, informationborn, 1915, january, 1915budapest, kingdom, hungarydied9, february, 2006, 2006, aged, budapest, hungarymedal, record, women, athleticsrepresenting, hungaryoly. Ibolya Csak 6 January 1915 9 February 2006 1 was a Hungarian athlete Ibolya CsakIbolya Csak at the 1936 Olympics Personal informationBorn 1915 01 06 6 January 1915Budapest Kingdom of HungaryDied9 February 2006 2006 02 09 aged 91 Budapest HungaryMedal record Women s athleticsRepresenting HungaryOlympic Games1936 Berlin High jump Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditCsak was best known as the winner of the women s high jump at the 1936 Berlin Olympics She won a gold medal in the European Championships in Athletics in 1938 in unusual circumstances She was the first Hungarian woman to win a gold medal in both events Her win in the 1936 Olympics was one of the tightest in the history of high jumping Three athletes cleared 160 cm but none cleared 162 The three competitors were offered a fourth opportunity and Csak was the only one to clear the height She was a Hungarian Jew she was one of a number of Jewish athletes who won medals at the Olympics in Berlin in 1936 2 Csak won the gold medal in the 1938 European championships after the original winner Germany s Dora Ratjen turned out to be a man The height Csak cleared in that event was the Hungarian record for the high jump for the next 24 years She won nine Hungarian titles in all including two in the long jump She was a competitor of the National Gymnastics Club NTE from 1929 until 1939 a gymnast from 1929 until 1932 and an athlete from 1933 until 1939 She also received the International Fair Play Life Achievement Award in 2005 Personal life EditBetween 1936 and 1970 she worked in the central office of the Hungarian Banknote Printing Co She had two children Ibolya 1940 and Attila 1942 See also Edit1936 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics Women s high jumpReferences Edit Ibolya Csak The Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936 Jewish Athletes Olympic Medalists United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Retrieved July 16 2015 External links Edit Hungarian great Csak dies aged 91 CNN February 10 2006 accessed February 11 2006 Sports Illustrated Olympic gold medallists in athletics photo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ibolya Csak amp oldid 1037278615, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
