Sarolta Monspart
| File:Anna rét. Monspart Sarolta tájfutó világbajnok. Fortepan 20802.jpg Monspart in 1978 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's orienteering | ||
| Representing File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1972 Jičín | Individual |
| Silver medal – second place | 1970 Eisenach | Relay |
| Bronze medal – third place | 1976 Aviemore | Relay |
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Sarolta Monspart (17 November 1944 – 24 April 2021) was a Hungarian orienteering competitor. In 1972 she became the first non-Scandinavian female runner to win the World Orienteering Championships.[1]
She is considered to be the most successful orienteer in Hungary. During her active years she won 14 national orienteering championships and six cross-country skiing championships. She was the first European woman to finish the marathon distance within 3 hours.
Her sport career was stopped because of a serious encephalitis inflammation caused by a tick. After recovering from the disease, she became an advocate for women to live a healthy life. According to Tünde Szabó, she was responsible for hundreds of thousands of Hungarian women participating in various sports.[2] In 2003 she received a medal for lifetime merit from Ferenc Mádl, president of Hungary.
Monspart died in 2021 after a long, serious illness.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
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