Sarolta Monspart (17 November 1944 – 24 April 2021) was a Hungarian orienteering

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. In 1972 she became the first non-Scandinavian female runner to win the

World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2 ...

.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
She is considered to be the most successful orienteer in Hungary. During her active years she won 14 national orienteering championships and six cross-country skiing championships. She was the first European woman to finish the marathon distance within 3 hours. Her sport career was stopped because of a serious encephalitis inflammation caused by a

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. After recovering from the disease, she became an advocate for women to live a healthy life. According to

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, she was responsible for hundreds of thousands of Hungarian women participating in various sports. In 2003 she received a medal for lifetime merit from

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, president of Hungary. Monspart died in 2021 after a long, serious illness.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Monspart, Sarolta 1944 births 2021 deaths Hungarian orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Budapest