Andrea Bodó

Bodó in 2012
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1956 Melbourne Team Portable Apparatus
Silver medal – second place1952 Helsinki Team
Silver medal – second place1956 Melbourne Team
Bronze medal – third place1952 Helsinki Team Portable Apparatus

Andrea Bodó, married Andrea Molnár-Bodó, Andrea Schmid-Bodó, and Andrea Schmid-Shapiro (4 August 1934 – 21 September 2022)[1] was a Hungarian gymnast who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2]

After 1956, the year of the Hungarian revolution suppressed by the army of the Soviet Union, she moved to the United States. She studied at the University of California.[3] She became a rhythmic gymnastics coach,[4] judge and administrator, serving as a member of the FIG RG technical committee for 17 years between 1984 and 2001.[1][4] She also taught at the San Francisco State University.

Molnár-Bodó was first married to Miklos Molnar, sports journalist and fellow emigrant from Hungary, they had a daughter named Aniko.[1][5] After splitting she married twice again, last time with physics professor Charles Shapiro.[5]

Molnár-Bodó was also author of several books on gymnastics, like Introduction to Women's Gymnastics (1973, with Blanche Jessen Drury) and Modern rhythmic gymnastics (1976).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Andrea Schmid-Shapiro, champion of Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics, passes away". gymnastics.sport. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrea Molnár-Bodó". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Rhythmic community staple and USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame member Andrea Bodo Schmid-Shapiro passes away". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Schmid-Shapiro, Andrea". The Legacy of USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  5. 1 2 "What became of 1956 Hungarian Olympians?". Sports Illustrated. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2022.


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