Matylda Pálfyová

Matylda Vilma Pálfyová (11 March 1912 – 23 September 1944) was a Slovak gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, helping her team to a silver medal.[2] She also competed at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around competition.

Matylda Pálfyová
Personal information
Full nameMatylda Vilma Pálfyová
Country represented Czechoslovakia
Born(1912-03-11)11 March 1912
Kostoľany nad Hornádom, Košice
Died23 September 1944(1944-09-23) (aged 32)
Veľké Brestovany, Trnava
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1938 PragueTeam[1]
Bronze medal – third place1938 PragueAll-around[1]

She was born in Kostoľany nad Hornádom, Košice-okolie District, and died after falling from a horse and fracturing her skull in Veľké Brestovany at the age of 32.

References
  1. "1938 World Gymnastics Championships – Prague, Czechoslovakia – June 30-July 1, 1938" (PDF). usagym.org. USA Gymnastics.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matilda Pálfyová". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.


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