Kornélia Pap (later Méray, born 21 July 1930) is a Hungarian retired rower and journalist. She is the country's most successful rower.
Pap took up rowing in 1950. Her first international success was a bronze medal at the
1955 European Rowing Championships in
Bucharest
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in single sculls. She won further bronze medals in
1956 in Bled and in
1957 in Duisburg. From
1958 in Poznań to
1961 in Prague, she was
European champion four years in a row. She was elected
Sportswoman of the Year in Hungary three years in a row from 1959 to 1961, after having come second in 1958.
She worked as a journalist for Új Sport from 1960 to 1985.
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1930 births
Living people
Hungarian female rowers
European Rowing Championships medalists
20th-century Hungarian women
21st-century Hungarian women
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