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Csák 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.
Ibolya Csak, winner of the High Jump at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, has died. She was 91. Csak died Thursday, the Hungarian Olympic Committee said. She was hospitalized earlier this month after breaking her hip in a fall at her home.
Starting out as a gymnast, Ibolya Csák was one the best female high jumpers of the 1930s. In 1936, she won the Olympic gold, although she would have placed second by modern-day rules.
Feb 10, 2006 · Starting out as a gymnast, Ibolya Csák was one the best female high jumpers of the 1930s. In 1936, she won the Olympic gold, although she would have placed second by modern-day rules. Together with Dorothy Odam and Elfriede Kaun, Csák had cleared 1.60 (in two tries, compared to one for Odam) and failed at 1.62.
Feb 10, 2006 · BUDAPEST, Hungary -- The first Hungarian woman to win Olympic gold, 1936 high jump champion Ibolya Csak, has died at the age of 91. Csak, who could be seen in the stands at athletics meetings ...
Csák, Ibolya (b. 1915) Hungarian high jumper. Name variations: Csak or Czak; Ibolya Kádárné. Born Jan 6, 1915, in Budapest, Hungary. At Berlin Olympics (1936), won a gold medal after a drawn-out duel with England's Dorothy J. Tyler ended in a jump off, because she had less failures at that height than Tyler (had a later rule applied for ...
Feb 13, 2006 · Ibolya Csak, who died on February 9 aged 91, won a gold medal for Hungary at the Berlin Olympics of 1936 in one of the most exciting and extraordinary high-jump competitions ever seen.
Ibolya CSÁK, Hungary
Starting out as a gymnast, Ibolya Csák was one the best female high jumpers of the 1930s. In 1936, she won the Olympic gold, although she would have placed second by modern-day rules. Together with Dorothy Odam and Elfriede Kaun, Csák had cleared 1.60 (in two tries, compared to one for Odam) and failed at 1.62.
Feb 9, 2006 · Ibolya Csák (6 January 1915 – 9 February 2006) was a Hungarian athlete. Quick Facts Personal information, Born ...
