Olga Gyarmati

Olga Gyarmati was a Hungarian allround athlete who competed at three Olympic Games in four different events. Her greatest success was winning the inaugural Olympic Womens Long Jump competition in London in 1948. Additionally, she won two Universiade gold medals and a number of Hungarian Athletics Championships titles in sprint and jumping events.

Gyarmati was born in Debrecen and began athletics in local club Debreceni TE. She won her first Hungarian Athletics Championships title in 1941, at the age of 17, in the 100metre dash. Shortly after, in the final years of World War I, athletics suffered a setback in Hungary as virtually no competitive events were held in the country in this period Gyarmati moved to Budapest and married to Istvn Vrkonyi.

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