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): Billy Smith (ice hockey) • Daniel Agger • Dean Macey • Heiner Flassbeck • Lonah Chemtai Salpeter • Martina Hellmann • Nina Kolarič • Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood • T. J. Ward • Wilson Kipketer

Born in the same month (December 1936): Aga Khan IV • David Ossman • Frederic Forrest • Ismail Merchant • Joe D'Amato • Malcolm Kirk • Morris Dees • Willie Wood