Melinda Vigh (2 May 1982 – 7 August 2021) was a Hungarian climber. A forearm amputee, she competed in the disability group AU2.

Biography

Vigh finished second at the 2016

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in Paris and in 2018 in

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. In the 2019

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competition, she finished third. Melinda Vigh died from an accidental fall while climbing the

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on 7 August 2021 at the age of 39.

References

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