Andrea Mátay (born 27 September 1955 in
Budapest
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) is a retired
Hungarian high jump
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er. Her outdoor personal best jump was 1.94 metres, achieved in September 1979 in
Mexico City
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. She had 1.98 m on the indoor track, from February 1979 in
Budapest
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. It was a world indoor record. She won two medals at the
European Indoor Championships. She became Hungarian champion in 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1985.
Hungarian Championships
- GBR Athletics
She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year
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List of winners
Statistics
Individual winners of three or mor ...
in 1979 after having won the European Indoor Championships and the Summer Universiade the same year.
International competitions
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1955 births
Living people
Hungarian female high jumpers
Athletes from Budapest
Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Hungary
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary
Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade
20th-century Hungarian women
21st-century Hungarian women
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