Women's HIGH JUMP, in athletism ("track and field athletics"). I show you a MAXICARD from ROMANIA with the FOSBURY style, the most efficient. A less efficient style was a variation of the SCISSORS technique, but that's what took the world record from 1,75m to 1,91m. "Iolanda Balaş (Romanian pronunciation: [joˈlanda ˈbalaʃ], later Söter, Hungarian: Balázs Jolán, born 12 December 1936 in Timișoara) is a former Romanian athlete of Hungarian descent, Olympic champion and world record holder in high jump, who is considered one of the greatest high jumpers ever." She won 2 Olympic Gold medals, and broke the world record 14 times. Undefeated in 140 consecutive competitions, from 1958 to 1967

Women's HIGH JUMP, in athletism ("track and field athletics"). I show you a MAXICARD from ROMANIA with the FOSBURY style, the most efficient. A less efficient style was a variation of the SCISSORS technique, but that's what took the world record from 1,75m to 1,91m. "Iolanda Balaş (Romanian pronunciation: [joˈlanda ˈbalaʃ], later Söter, Hungarian: Balázs Jolán, born 12 December 1936 in Timișoara) is a former Romanian athlete of Hungarian descent, Olympic champion and world record holder in high jump, who is considered one of the greatest high jumpers ever." She won 2 Olympic Gold medals, and broke the world record 14 times. Undefeated in 140 consecutive competitions, from 1958 to 1967.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iolanda_Bala%C5%9F

http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/iolanda-balas-1.html

http://www.wnsstamps.ch/en/stamps?search%5Blike%5D=RO105.04

1.74 m	Thelma Hopkins (GBR)	5 May 1956	Belfast[1]
1.75 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	14 July 1956	Bucharest[1]
1.76 m	Mildred McDaniel (USA)	1 December 1956	Melbourne[1]
1.76 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	13 October 1957	Bucharest[1]
1.77 m	Zheng Fengrong (CHN)	17 November 1957	Beijing[1]
1.78 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	7 June 1958	Bucharest[1]
1.80 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	22 June 1958	Cluj-Napoca[1]
1.81 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	31 July 1958	Poiana Brasov[1]
1.82 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	4 October 1958	Bucharest[1]
1.83 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	18 October 1958	Bucharest[1]
1.84 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	21 September 1959	Bucharest[1]
1.85 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	6 June 1960	Bucharest[1]
1.86 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	10 July 1960	Bucharest[1]
1.87 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	15 April 1961	Bucharest[1]
1.88 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	18 June 1961	Warsaw[1]
1.90 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	8 July 1961	Budapest[1]
1.91 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	16 July 1961	Sofia[1]
1.92 m	Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT)	4 September 1971	Vienna[1]

Her last world record remained unbeaten for 10 years! (1961 to 1971)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_high_jump_world_record_progression

She was born in Timișoara, Romania. 

Close to Freidorf, where Johnny Weissmuller (the best Tarzan actor) was born.

He was an even MORE domineering sports champion.

As an amateur swimmer, HE NEVER LOST A RACE!

"Johnny Weissmuller (born Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in movies. Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal [water polo]. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Edgar Rice Burroughs's ape man Tarzan in films, a role he played in twelve motion pictures. Dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller is by far the best known. His character's distinctive, ululating Tarzan yell is still often used in films."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Weissmuller

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