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Iolanda Balaș

1936 - 2016

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Iolanda Balaș (Romanian pronunciation: [joˈlanda ˈbalaʃ], Hungarian: Balázs Jolán, later Balázs-Sőtér Jolán; 12 December 1936 – 11 March 2016) was a Romanian athlete, an Olympic champion and former world record holder in the high jump. She was the first Romanian woman to win an Olympic gold medal and is considered to have been one of the greatest high jumpers of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Iolanda Balaș is the 13th most popular athlete (up from 20th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Romania (up from 80th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Iolanda Balaș ranks 13 out of 6,025. Before her are Spyridon Louis, Thomas Burke, Bob Beamon, John Flanagan, Ben Johnson, and Carl Lewis. After her are Usain Bolt, Robert Hichens, Louis Zamperini, Thomas Curtis, Charley Paddock, and Dick Fosbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Iolanda Balaș ranks 67. Before her are Don Cherry, Eva Hesse, Denny Hulme, Steve Reich, Abdul Qadeer Khan, and Jack Lousma. After her are Samuel C. C. Ting, Petar Mladenov, Richard Wilson, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, Dražan Jerković, and Raymond Poulidor. Among people deceased in 2016, Iolanda Balaș ranks 72. Before her are Jacques Rivette, Ettore Scola, Věra Čáslavská, George Martin, Hilary Putnam, and Michel Galabru. After her are Walter Kohn, Terry Wogan, Michel Tournier, Corry Brokken, Jayalalithaa, and Patricio Aylwin.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Iolanda Balaș ranks 71 out of 844. Before her are Ana Pauker (1893), Clara Haskil (1895), Sigismund Báthory (1572), Ion Țiriac (1939), Ștefan Kovács (1920), and György Dózsa (1470). After her are György Kurtág (1926), Jean Negulesco (1900), Edward G. Robinson (1893), Petre Dumitrescu (1882), Orban (1404), and Nicu Ceaușescu (1951).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Iolanda Balaș ranks 1. After her are Mihaela Peneș (1947), Ecaterina Oancia (1954), Ivan Patzaichin (1949), István Somodi (1885), Gheorghe Berceanu (1949), Maricica Puică (1950), Dumitru Pârvulescu (1933), Argentina Menis (1948), Doina Melinte (1956), Lajos Steiner (1903), and Ion Panțuru (1934).

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