Andrea Mátay (born 27 September 1955 in

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) is a retired Hungarian

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. Her outdoor personal best jump was 1.94 metres, achieved in September 1979 in

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. She had 1.98 m on the indoor track, from February 1979 in

. It was a world indoor record. She won two medals at the

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. She became Hungarian champion in 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1985.Hungarian Championships
- GBR Athletics She was named

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in 1979 after having won the European Indoor Championships and the Summer Universiade the same year.

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* * 1955 births Living people Hungarian female high jumpers Athletes from Budapest Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade 21st-century Hungarian women Hungarian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub