Ibolya Csák was a Hungarian athlete. She was born and died in Budapest. Csák was best known as the winner of the women's high jump at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She won a gold medal in the European Championships in Athletics in 1938 in unusual circumstances. She was the first Hungarian woman to win a gold medal in both events.
No doubt this name works fine in Hungary - but to my English eye, it seems too much like Ebola - a fatal disease that has no cure. I'd be happy if somebody knew how to pronounce the name correctly, and the correlation I listed above can be eradicated in my mind!
― Anonymous User 11/30/2005
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Yeah that's just what I thought. As soon as I saw it I thought of Ebola. It looks very similar.