Joyce Racek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joyce Racek

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1938

Place of Birth: West Point, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 04-Aug-2001

Profession: athlete

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Joyce May Racek (later Markley, later Budrunas, August 16, 1938 – August 4, 2001) was an American artistic gymnast.
She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics with the best individual result of 42nd place in the floor exercise.Racek took up gymnastics aged four.
In 1956 she graduated from Lake View High School and then studied at a college in Michigan.
She then moved to Florida with her first husband Bill Markley, but they later divorced.
In the 1970s she lived for two years in Australia with her second husband Paul Budrunas.
Then they moved to Littleton, Colorado, and divorced.Racek died of a lung cancer.
She was survived by her sisters Gale Gerhardt Hollinger and Donna Cuesta, and three children from her first marriage.