Alice_Kertész

Alice Kertész

Alice Kertész

Hungarian artistic gymnast


Alice Kertész (also Alíz Kertész; born November 17, 1935) is a former Hungarian gymnast.[1][2][3]

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She is Jewish, and was born in Budapest, Hungary.[1][4][5] She helped Hungary win the silver medal in the team event in gymnastics at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[6]

She won a gold medal in team exercise with portable apparatus and a silver medal in team combined exercises at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.[1] She placed 6th in the uneven bars.[6]

The Hungarian Gymnastic Federation awarded her and her fellow Olympic team members the Hungarian President's Medal in June 2011.[7]

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References

  1. Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900871. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  2. "Hungarian Olympic Athletes Not Returning to Their Homeland". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. December 7, 1956. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  3. "Hungarians Find New Life". The Leader-Post. December 18, 1956. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  4. "Kertesz, Alice". Jewsinsports.org. December 8, 1956. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  5. Dobor Dezso (June 20, 2011). "A unique gathering of Olympiads". En.olympic.cn. Retrieved October 17, 2011.

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