Alice Kertész (also Alíz Kertész; born November 17, 1935) is a former Hungarian gymnast.
She is Jewish, and was born in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
, Hungary.
She helped Hungary win the silver medal in the team event in gymnastics at the
1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rome, the capital of Italy, on June 28 - July 1, 1954. It was the first World Championships at which the Soviet Union
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.
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.
She placed 6th in the uneven bars.
The Hungarian Gymnastic Federation awarded her and her fellow Olympic team members the Hungarian President's Medal in June 2011.
See also
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List of select Jewish gymnasts
References
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1935 births
Living people
Hungarian female artistic gymnasts
Jewish gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts of Hungary
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
Gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Hungarian Jews
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Gymnasts from Budapest