Edit Mató (4 February 1947 – 22 February 2020) was a Hungarian ice dancer. With Károly Csanádi, she was the 1966 Winter Universiade champion[1] and a four-time Hungarian national champion.[2] The duo competed at three World Championships and five European Championships. They placed within the European top ten in 1966 (Bratislava, Czechoslovakia), 1967 (Ljubljana, Yugoslavia), and 1968 (Västerås, Sweden).[3][4]
| Edit Mató | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 February 1947 Budapest, Hungary |
| Died | February 22, 2020 (aged 73) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Partner | Károly Csanádi |
| Began skating | 1959 |
| Retired | 1969 |
Mató was the mother of Hungarian speed skater Krisztina Egyed.[5]
Competitive highlights
editWith Csanádi
| International | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 64–65 | 65–66 | 66–67 | 67–68 | 68–69 |
| World Championships | 15th | 14th | 11th | ||
| European Championships | 12th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 12th |
| Prague Skate | 8th | 9th | |||
| Winter Universiade | 1st | ||||
| National | |||||
| Hungarian Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
References
edit- ^ "1960-2015 Statistics Winter Universiades" (PDF). International University Sports Federation / sport.fi. 1 January 2016. p. 53. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Jégtánc bajnokok" [National ice dancing champions] (in Hungarian). Hungarian National Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017.
- ^ Búcsú egy bajnoktól (in Hungarian)
- ^ Búcsú Mató Edittől (in Hungarian)
- ^ "50 éve történt: Téli Universiade aranyérmét jégtáncban a Mató Edit Csanádi Károly kettős" [50 years ago: Edit Mató and Károly Csanádi won Winter Universiade ice dancing gold medal] (in Hungarian). Hungarian National Skating Federation. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.