Mária Pap (born 16 October 1955) is a Hungarian

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

. She competed in the women's long jump at the

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. Born in

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, she is the sister-in-law of Olympic javelin champion

Miklós Németh Miklós Németh (, born 24 January 1948) is a retired Hungarian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 24 November 1988 to 23 May 1990. He was one of the leaders of the Socialist Workers' Party, Hungary's Communi ...

. She set a personal best of to win the 1978 Hungarian Athletics Championships.Hungarian Championships
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1955 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Hungarian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes from Budapest Hungarian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub