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): Bob Barker • Bob Thompson (pianist) • Cathy Rigby • Dionne Warwick • Garrett Atkins • Heiner Flassbeck • Josef Doležal • Regina Hall • Sheila E. • Stand Watie • Tony Williams (drummer)

Born in the same month (December 1936): David Carradine • Freddy Cannon • Igor Rodionov • Joe D'Amato • John Giorno • Lawrence Schiller • Mary Tyler Moore • Peep Jänes • Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy • Trevor Taylor (racing driver) • Willie Wood