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Angéla Németh
javelin thrower · basketball player
- February 18, 1946 · Budapest
- August 5, 2014 · Budapest
- 68 years
About Angéla Németh
Angéla Németh, 68, Hungarian javelin thrower, Olympic (1968) and European (1969) champion.
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|Angéla Németh (18 February 1946 – 5 August 2014) was a Hungarian track and field athlete, known as Angéla Ránky after her marriage.
In competing for her native country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, she won the gold medal in the javelin.
She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year in 1968 and 1969 after having won the Olympic title in 1968 and the European title in 1969.
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