Hungarian artistic gymnast
Alice Kertész (also Alíz Kertész ; born November 17, 1935) is a former Hungarian gymnast.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
She is Jewish, and was born in Budapest , Hungary.[ 1] [ 4] [ 5] 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships .[ 6]
She won a gold medal in team exercise with portable apparatus and a silver medal in team combined exercises at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.[ 1] [ 6]
The Hungarian Gymnastic Federation awarded her and her fellow Olympic team members the Hungarian President's Medal in June 2011.[ 7]
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References
^ a b c Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists ISBN 9781903900871 . Retrieved October 17, 2011 . ^ "Hungarian Olympic Athletes Not Returning to Their Homeland" . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. December 7, 1956. Retrieved October 17, 2011 .^ "Hungarians Find New Life" . The Leader-Post. December 18, 1956. Retrieved October 17, 2011 .^ Peter S. Horvitz (2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars ISBN 9781561719075 . Retrieved October 17, 2011 . ^ Martin Harry Greenberg (1979). The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds of other lists of accomplished Jews ISBN 9780805237115 . Retrieved October 17, 2011 . ^ a b "Kertesz, Alice" . Jewsinsports.org. December 8, 1956. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2011 .^ Dobor Dezso (June 20, 2011). "A unique gathering of Olympiads" . En.olympic.cn. Retrieved October 17, 2011 .
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