Iolanda Balaș

Iolanda Balaș was a Romanian athlete, an Olympic champion and former world record holder in the high jump. She was the first Romanian woman to win an Olympic gold medal and is considered to have been one of the greatest high jumpers of the twentieth century.

12 December 1936

Born on the same birth day (12 December): Adolf Bötticher • Alvin Kraenzlein • Arturo Barrios • Bernard Lagat • Bob Barker • Bob Dorough • Bob Thompson (pianist) • Chris Mullin (politician) • Colin White (ice hockey, born 1977) • Patrick O'Brian • Sheree J. Wilson • Ted Kennedy (ice hockey) • Wilson Kipketer • Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz

Born in the same month (December 1936): Aga Khan IV • Bill Ashton (jazz musician) • Bobby Ross • David Ossman • Eve Uusmees • Freddy Cannon • Frederic Forrest • Howard Smith (director) • Héctor Elizondo • Ismail Merchant • Joe D'Amato • Lawrence Schiller • Malcolm Kirk • Morris Dees • Pope Francis • Ray Nitschke