Margit Papp (born 30 April 1948) is a Hungarian former athlete. She competed in the Summer Olympic Games in

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and 1980 and won the gold medal in women's pentathlon at the 1978 European Championships.

Career

Papp first competed in the European Championships in Budapest 1966 as an 18-year-old, placing 18th in the pentathlon. She made her Olympic debut in

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, finishing 23rd with 4074 points. Four years later in

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she scored 4535 points and placed 8th. At the 1978 European Championships in

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Papp scored 4655 points and won the gold medal. She originally placed second behind the defending champion,

Nadiya Tkachenko Nadiya Volodymyrivna Tkachenko ( uk, Надія Володимирівна Ткаченко) or Nadezhda Vladimirovna Tkachenko (russian: Надежда Владимировна Ткаченко) (born 19 September 1948) is a Ukrainian former penta ...

of the

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, but moved up when Tkachenko was disqualified for doping. Papp made a final Olympic appearance in 1980, placing fifth with 4562 points. In the 1978 European Championships and the 1980 Olympics she also competed in the

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, failing to qualify for the final on either occasion.

References

1948 births Living people Hungarian female long jumpers Hungarian pentathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary European Athletics Championships medalists {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub