Iolanda Balaș, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetIolanda Balaș
Romanian high jumper
Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1936
Place of Birth: Timișoara, Timiș County, Romania
Date of Death: 11-Mar-2016
Profession: athletics competitor
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Iolanda Balaș
- Iolanda Bala? (Romanian pronunciation: [jo'landa 'bala?], Hungarian: Balázs Jolán, later Balázs-Sotér Jolán; 12 December 1936 – 11 March 2016) was a Romanian athlete, an Olympic champion and former world record holder in the high jump.
- She was the first Romanian woman to win an Olympic gold medal and is considered to have been one of the greatest high jumpers of the twentieth century.
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