Olga Törös Explained

Olga Törös (4 August 1914  - 16 February 2015) was a Hungarian gymnast who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where she won a bronze medal in the women's team competition. Born in Debrecen,^[1] she was selected for the 1936 Games by a delegation attending a national tournament that was being held in her home town.^[2] Following the Olympics she received a degree in Physical Education from Semmelweis University^[3] and moved to Kecskemét in 1939, where she worked as a teacher for thirty five years. She received the Woman's Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hungarian Olympic Committee in 2011^[2] and turned 100 in August 2014.^[4] She died on 16 February 2015 at the age of 100.^[5]

See also

• List of centenarians (sportspeople)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gjerde. Arild. Jeroen Heijmans . Bill Mallon . Hilary Evans . Olga Tőrös Biography and Olympic Results. Olympics. Sports Reference.com. 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003207/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/olga-toros-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. 2012-02-14.
2. News: Életműdíjat kapott a 97 éves kecskeméti tornász, a berlini olimpia bronzérmese. Hungarian. kesport.hu. 2011-03-21. 2012-02-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051730/http://kesport.hu/2011/03/21/eletmudijat-kapott-a-97-eves-kecskemeti-tornasz/. 8 August 2014. dead.
3. Web site: Ünneplés Kecskeméten (09.02). Hungarian Olympic Committee. August 2009. 2012-02-14.
4. News: Torna: Halhatatlan lett a ma 100 éves Tőrös Olga. Nemzeti Sport. Hungarian. Ringier. 2014-08-04. 2014-08-07.
5. News: Torna: Elhunyt Törös Olga. Origo.hu. Hungarian. Origo Zrt.. 2015-02-16. 2015-02-16.