Tünde Vaszi (born 18 April 1972 in Érpiskolt,

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) is a retired Hungarian

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er. Her greatest success was the bronze medal at the

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, and her personal best is 6.86 metres from when she placed fourth at the 2001 World Championships in

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. She lived in

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, Romania till 1990 when she has moved to Hungary with her family. She later took up

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, and competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships. Her current personal best is 4.25 m.

Achievements

Awards

* Hungarian athlete of the Year (6): 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

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* 1972 births Living people Hungarian female long jumpers Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary European Athletics Championships medalists Hungarian Athletics Championships winners {{hungary-athletics-bio-stub