Magda Horváth is a Hungarian orienteering

competitor Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indivi ...

. At the

1970 World Orienteering Championships The 3rd World Orienteering Championships were held in Eisenach/Friedrichroda, East Germany, in September 1970. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. The men's individual course ha ...

Friedrichroda Friedrichroda () is a town in the district of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. It is situated at the north foot of the Thuringian Forest, 21 km by rail southwest of the town of Gotha. It is surrounded by fir-clad hills and possesses numerous han ...

she finished 19th in the ''individual event'', and received a silver medal in the ''

relay A relay Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off A relay is an electrically operated switch ...

'' with the Hungarian team (with

Ágnes Hegedűs Ágnes Hegedűs (born 1949) is a Hungarian orienteering competitor. At the 1970 World Orienteering Championships in Friedrichroda she finished 6th in the ''individual event'', and received a silver medal in the ''relay'' with the Hungarian team ...

and

Sarolta Monspart Sarolta Monspart (17 November 1944 – 24 April 2021) was a Hungarian orienteering competitor. In 1972 she became the first non-Scandinavian female runner to win the World Orienteering Championships.

). At the 1972 World Championships she finished 8th in the ''individual event'', and fourth in the ''relay''.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Hungarian orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Hungary-orienteering-bio-stub