Krisztina Medveczky

Krisztina Medveczky (born 14 April 1958) is a retired Hungarian gymnast. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in third and fourth place in the team competition, respectively. Her best individual result was ninth place on the balance beam in 1972.[1] She won another bronze team medal at the 1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[2]

Krisztina Medveczky
Personal information
Born (1958-04-14) 14 April 1958
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics
ClubVasas, Budapest
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1972 MunichTeam
World championships
Bronze medal – third place1974 VarnaTeam

At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, she met a researcher in pharmaceutical chemistry. They soon married and she followed him to several countries, including the UK and Australia. They have three daughters, Adrienn, Alexandra and Bettina, who live in Brisbane and Sydney, Australia.[3]

References

  1. Krisztina Medveczky, Sports-reference
  2. Medveczky Krisztina Archived 13 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Vasas Sport Club 1911 (in Hungarian)
  3. Papagájokat, koala macikat etet a kezéből, Sportforum 1 December 2006 (in Hungarian)
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