Joyce Racek
 Racek in 1956 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 16, 1938 West Point, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | August 4, 2001 (aged 62) Littleton, Colorado, U.S. |
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
| Club | Lincoln Turners |
| Coached by | Erna Wachtel |
Joyce May Racek (later Markley, later Budrunas, August 16, 1938 – August 4, 2001) was an American artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics with the best individual result of 42nd place in the floor exercise.[1]
Racek took up gymnastics aged four. In 1956 she graduated from Lake View High School and then studied at a college in Michigan. She then moved to Florida with her first husband Bill Markley, but they later divorced. In the 1970s she lived for two years in Australia with her second husband Paul Budrunas. Then they moved to Littleton, Colorado, and divorced.[2]
Racek died of a lung cancer. She was survived by her sisters Gale Gerhardt Hollinger and Donna Cuesta, and three children from her first marriage.[2]
References
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- ^ Joyce Racek. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Crystal Yednak (August 8, 2001) Joyce Racek, 62. Chicago Tribune