Melinda Vigh
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| Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1982 Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 August 2021 (aged 39) Watzmann, Germany | ||||||||||||||
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Melinda Vigh (2 May 1982 – 7 August 2021) was a Hungarian climber. A forearm amputee, she competed in the disability group AU2.
Biography
[edit]Vigh finished second at the 2016 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships in Paris[1] and in 2018 in Innsbruck.[2] In the 2019 Briançon competition, she finished third.[3]
Melinda Vigh died from an accidental fall while climbing the Watzmann on 7 August 2021 at the age of 39.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "IFSC mourns the loss of Melinda Vigh". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ Loury, Charles (14 September 2018). "4 nouvelles médailles françaises sur les championnats du monde handi · PlanetGrimpe – Toute l'actualité escalade". PlanetGrimpe (in French). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Deux nouveaux champions du monde handi-escalade à Briançon". French Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing (in French). Briançon. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Tragikus hirtelenséggel elhunyt Vigh Melinda, világbajnoki ezüstérmes paramászó". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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