Outside of her native Romania, Iolanda Balas’ name and athletic accomplishments weren’t common knowledge to a large segment of the global population in recent years.
But her death at age 79, on March 11 in Bucharest, brought forth greater recognition of who she was — an Olympic legend. A two-time gold medalist who soared to victory No. 2 at the 1964 Tokyo Games.
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