Mária Földvári-Boér

Mária Földvári-Boér married name Mária Gurovits (born 1934) is a former Hungarian long track speed skater, who was active in the 1950s.[1]

Mária Földvári-Boér
Personal information
Born1934 (age 86–87)
Sport
CountryHungary
SportSpeed skating

Földvári-Boér represented her nation at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1956, finishing 22nd overall.[2] She was together with Ilona Róka and Ágnes Kovács in 1956 the first Hungarian women who participated at the world championships. She also competed at other international competitions.

Between 1950 and 1955 she competed five times at the Swedish Allround Championships and became national champion in 1952 and 1953. She won the silver medal in 1954 and 1955.[2] She is married to Olympic sprint canoer József Gurovits who won the bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3] As of 2018 they are living together in Zürich, Switzerland for 62 years. They go back to Hungary once or twice a year.[3]

Records

Personal records
Personal records
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m55,524.01.1953Budapest
1000 m1.52,920.01.1954Budapest
1500 m2.55,207.03.1954Budapest
3000 m5.49,514.02.1954Budapest
5000 m10.02,119.12.1954Budapest

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References
  1. "SpeedSkatingStats.com". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Competition results, statistics and records; SpeedSkatingNews". www.speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. GÁBOR, SZABÓ (11 September 2018). "József és a „meglopott" lány, Mária fájdalmasan szép története - NS". NSO.hu.
  4. "Skaters: Mária Földvári-Boér". www.speedskatingbase.eu. Retrieved 15 April 2020.


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