Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová (born 1 June 1948) is a Slovak former

gymnast Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

. She competed in the

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and

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

and won

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in the team events in 1964 and 1968. Individually, her best achievement was fourth place on the vault in 1968. She was born in

Košice Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest cit ...

, but her family soon moved to

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. She took gymnastics because of her father, a former gymnastics coach. After retirement from competitions she became a coach herself, and later an honorary member of Slovak Gymnastics Federation. She lives in

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References

1948 births Living people Slovak female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Czechoslovakia Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts from Košice {{Czechoslovakia-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships