Andrea Molnár-Bodó Explained

Andrea Bodó, married Andrea Molnár-Bodó, Andrea Schmid-Bodó, and Andrea Schmid-Shapiro (4 August 1934 – 21 September 2022)[1] was a Hungarian gymnast who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2]

After 1956, the year of the Hungarian revolution suppressed by the army of the Soviet Union, she moved to the United States. She studied at the University of California.[3] She became a rhythmic gymnastics coach,[4] judge and administrator, serving as a member of the FIG RG technical committee for 17 years between 1984 and 2001. She also taught at the San Francisco State University.

Molnár-Bodó was first married to Miklos Molnar, sports journalist and fellow emigrant from Hungary, they had a daughter named Aniko.[5] After splitting she married twice again, last time with physics professor Charles Shapiro.

Molnár-Bodó was also author of several books on gymnastics, like Introduction to Women's Gymnastics (1973, with Blanche Jessen Drury) and Modern rhythmic gymnastics (1976).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 28 September 2022 . Andrea Schmid-Shapiro, champion of Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics, passes away . 28 September 2022 . gymnastics.sport.
  2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/andrea-molnarne-bodo-1.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20130202021916/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/andrea-molnarne-bodo-1.html . dead . 2 February 2013 . 29 June 2012.
  3. Web site: Rhythmic community staple and USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame member Andrea Bodo Schmid-Shapiro passes away . 28 September 2022 . USA Gymnastics.
  4. Web site: Schmid-Shapiro, Andrea . 28 September 2022 . The Legacy of USA Gymnastics.
  5. Web site: 13 June 2012 . What became of 1956 Hungarian Olympians? . 28 September 2022 . Sports Illustrated . en-us.