What is Helena Rakoczy?
[[File:Helena Rakoczy 1950.jpg|thumb|Rakoczy in 1950.]] '''Helena Rakoczy''' (née '''Krzynówek'''; 23 December 1921 &ndash; 2 September 2014), also '''Rákóczy''' or '''Rákóczi''', was a [[Poles|Polish]] [[gymnast]]. She competed in two [[Summer Olympic Games]]: [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] and [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. After a poor performance in 1952, she had a successful one in 1956, winning a [[bronze medal]]. After this, she became the most decorated gymnast from Poland. Rakoczy was born in [[Kraków]]. In 2004, she was added to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Rakoczy died from [[natural causes]] on 2 September 2014 in Kraków, aged 92.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pzg.pl/news.php?id=1408|title=Zmała Helena Rakoczy|publisher=PZL|language=Polish|date=2 September 2014|accessdate=3 September 2014|archive-date=11 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011000813/http://www.pzg.pl/news.php?id=1408|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/helena-rakoczy-1.html Helena Rakoczy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021054125/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/helena-rakoczy-1.html |date=2012-10-21 }} at [https://www.sports-reference.com Sports-Reference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201172906/http://www.sports-reference.com/ |date=2010-02-01 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rakoczy, Helena}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Polish gymnasts]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Poland]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Kraków]] [[Category:1952 Summer Olympics]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}