Éva Földes (6 July 1914 – 9 July 1981) was a Hungarian
author
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and Olympic bronze medalist. She was born in
Szombathely
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Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and '' ...
and died in
Balatonalmádi. During the
London
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1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...
, she competed in the '
epic works' category producing "Der Jugendquell" ("The Well of Youth"), which won her a bronze medal.
During
World War II
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, she was interned in
KZ Ravensbrück KZ, K-Z, Kz, or kz may refer to:
Arts and media
* '' K-Z'', a 1972 Italian documentary film
* ''Kz'' (film), a 2006 documentary film
* ''Kuhns Zeitschrift'', the former colloquial name for the linguistics journal ''Historische Sprachforschung''
Pe ...
,
KZ Flossenbürg, and
KZ Mauthausen
Mauthausen was a German Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen, Upper Austria, Mauthausen (roughly east of Linz), Upper Austria. It was the main camp of a group with List of subcamps of Mauthausen, nearly 100 f ...
but survived.
References
External links
Profile sports-reference.com; accessed 24 March 2018.
1914 births
1981 deaths
Hungarian women writers
Olympic bronze medalists in art competitions
Mauthausen concentration camp survivors
Flossenbürg concentration camp survivors
Ravensbrück concentration camp survivors
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Art competitors at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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