Anikó Ducza-Jánosi (born 8 August 1942) is a retired Hungarian gymnast. She competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the floor exercise in 1964.[1] She won another bronze medal on the balance beam at the 1962 World Championships. In 1963, she took an eleven-month break from training to give birth to her daughter, Zsuzsa Jánosi, and she began training again in early 1964.[2] She won the 1965 Summer Universiade all-around gold, as well as a gold medal with the Hungarian team.[3]
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 Ducza at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anikó Ducza-Jánosi | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1942 (age 82) Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Budapest Honvéd | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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After finishing her gymnastics career, she became a coach. She accompanied the Hungarian team to the 1972 Summer Olympics, where they won a bronze team medal.[4]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anikó Ducza-Jánosi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "1964: Anikó Ducza on Training for the Olympics after Giving Birth". Gymnastics History. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "World University Games Gymnastics Medalists". hickoksports.com. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "1972: The Women's Optionals at the Munich Olympics (Competition 1b)". Gymnastics History. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
External links
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- Aniko Ducza at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Aniko Ducza at Olympics.com
- Ducza Anikó at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)
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