Angéla Németh

Angéla Németh, who used the name Angéla Ránky after her marriage, was a Hungarian track and field athlete who threw the javelin. She was born in Budapest on 18 February 1946 and died on 5 August 2014. Competing for Hungary at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, she won the gold medal in the javelin throw, and a year later she added the European championship title. Her victories earned her the honour of Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year in both 1968 and 1969. She returned for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich but did not get through the javelin qualifying round. After her athletic career she worked as a physical education teacher and sat on Hungarian sports bodies.