Andrea Mátay (born 27 September 1955 in Budapest) is a retired Hungarian high jumper. Her outdoor personal best jump was 1.94 metres, achieved in September 1979 in Mexico City.[1] She had 1.98 m on the indoor track, from February 1979 in Budapest. It was a world indoor record. She won two medals at the European Indoor Championships. She became Hungarian champion in 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1985.[2]
She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year in 1979 after having won the European Indoor Championships and the Summer Universiade the same year.
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 5th | High jump | 1.84 m | ||
| Duisburg, West Germany | 4th | High jump | 1.78 m | |||
| 1976 | Montreal, Canada | 9th | High jump | 1.87 m | ||
| 1977 | San Sebastián, Spain | 4th | High jump | 1.86 m | ||
| Sofia, Bulgaria | 4th | High jump | 1.84 m | |||
| 1978 | Milan, Italy | 4th | High jump | 1.88 m | ||
| Prague, Czechoslovakia | 6th | High jump | 1.85 m | |||
| 1979 | Vienna, Austria | 1st | High jump | 1.79 m | ||
| Mexico City, Mexico | 1st | High jump | 1.94 m | |||
| 1980 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 2nd | High jump | 1.93 m | ||
| Moscow, Soviet Union | 10th | High jump | 1.85 m | |||
| 1981 | Universiade | Bucharest, Romania | 9th | High jump | 1.88 m | |
| 1985 | Athens, Greece | 6th | High jump | 1.85 m | ||
| 1988 | Budapest, Hungary | 7th | High jump | 1.88 m | ||