Alice Kertész

Alice Kertész (also Alíz Kertész; born November 17, 1935) is a former Hungarian gymnast.^[1][2][3]

Born (1935-11-17) November 17, 1935 (age 90)

Budapest, Hungary

DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics

Country
represented Hungary

ClubBudapest Honvéd

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Alice Kertész
Born	(1935-11-17) November 17, 1935 (age 90) Budapest, Hungary
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Hungary
Club	Budapest Honvéd
Medal record Women's artistic gymnastics Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Team, portable apparatus 1956 Melbourne Team competition World Championships 1954 Rome Team

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She is Jewish, and was born in Budapest, Hungary.^[1][4][5] She helped Hungary win the silver medal in the team event in gymnastics at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[6]

She won a gold medal in team exercise with portable apparatus and a silver medal in team combined exercises at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.^[1] She placed 6th in the uneven bars.^[6]

The Hungarian Gymnastic Federation awarded her and her fellow Olympic team members the Hungarian President's Medal in June 2011.^[7]