Sarolta_Monspart

Sarolta Monspart

Sarolta Monspart

Hungarian orienteering competitor (1944–2021)

The native form of this personal name is Monspart Sarolta. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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]

Quick Facts Medal record, Women's orienteering ...

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

  1. [1]
    World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "Athlete of Nation Sarolta Monspart Dies". 24 April 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Athlete of Nation Sarolta Monspart Dies". 24 April 2021.
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