Iolanda Balaş or Balázs Jolán is a Romanian former athlete of ethnic Hungarian origin and an Olympic champion in high-jump, considered one of the greatest high jumpers ever. After finishing fifth in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, she won two Olympic gold medals at Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964. Between 1957 and 1967, Balaş won 140 consecutive competitions, improving the world record 14 times, … Wikipedia
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