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Matylda Pálfyová
Personal information
Full nameMatylda Vilma Pálfyová
Country represented Czechoslovakia
Born(1912-03-11)11 March 1912
Hernádszentistván, Austria-Hungary
Died23 September 1944(1944-09-23) (aged 32)
Bresztovány, Nagyszombat, Hungary
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1938 Prague Team[1]
Gold medal – first place 1938 Prague Vault[2]
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Prague All-around[1]

Matylda Vilma Pálfyová (11 March 1912 – 23 September 1944) was a Slovak gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, helping her team to a silver medal.[3] She also competed at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around competition.

She was born in Hernádszentistván, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Kostoľany nad Hornádom, Slovakia), and died after falling from a horse and fracturing her skull in Bresztovány (now Veľké Brestovany) at the age of 32.

References

  1. ^ a b "1938 World Gymnastics Championships – Prague, Czechoslovakia – June 30-July 1, 1938" (PDF). usagym.org. USA Gymnastics.
  2. ^ History.com, Gymnastics. "1938: The First All-Around World Champion in Women's Gymnastics". Gymnastics-History.com. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matilda Pálfyová". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.