Love and work – with out this, nothing will work out, or not essentially the best way we dreamed.
Henrietta Ónodi, the 50-year-old Olympic champion on Wednesday, believes that should you do not like one thing, and should you do not put sufficient work into it, there is no such thing as a level in preventing.
He was a terrific fighter, and he stood out not solely in competitions, but additionally within the health club.
“Along with the truth that Heni had a expertise for gymnastics, he had a terrific work ethic at the same time as a toddler. What he did within the health club, as a lot as he labored on weekdays, few individuals would have been in a position to face up to – stated Zoltán Magyar, president of the Hungarian Gymnastics Affiliation, gold medalist in Montreal and Moscow. – And what’s vital in any sport, he was dependable. As well as, they matched completely with the Unyatyinszky couple. Like the correct key suits into the correct lock.”
Henrietta Ónodi was beloved on this planet of sports activities – and beloved in every single place. He was variety, he was smiling, and naturally he introduced pleasure to the lives of many together with his success.
He wasn’t essentially a unprecedented expertise, however due to his form and skills, he was solely chosen throughout a kindergarten go to, and he quickly fell in love.
In different phrases, one of many pillars of the highway to success, love, was there proper from the beginning – his humility, diligence and work ethic have been revealed quickly following. And likewise the truth that typically he’s certainly afraid of sure parts, however his coaches observed this and put collectively his workout routines taking this under consideration.
He was fifteen years outdated when he broke into the senior ranks: earlier than that, in fact, he had already confirmed himself among the many juniors, actually, he launched the Ónodi aspect, which was later named following him, on the beam on the age of 14.
After that, nearly everybody (anticipated) good outcomes from her among the many greatest, and she or he was not disenchanted, as in 1989 she received the primary gold medal of Hungarian girls’s gymnastics on the Continental Championships in Brussels – she got here third on the half vault, in addition to on the ground, and completed fifth within the particular person all-around. .
Henrietta Ónodi bought increased and better in her sport, and initially of 1992 she completed the world championships in Paris with a gold (bounce) and a silver (flooring). Would anybody have believed that he would depart the Barcelona Olympics similar to that, with simply such medals?
“We went for a medal, we’d have appreciated to repeat the ends in Paris,” he revealed later, and he didn’t take lengthy to suppose that the silver on the bottom might have been gold if a tiny mistake had not slipped into his final bounce.
He retreated, then returned, and was additionally in Atlanta, however although “Békéscsaba and Kondoros will all the time be my house”, he has been dwelling in the US for nearly three a long time together with his three youngsters.
He additionally boasts the title of honorary citizen of Békéscsaba, immortal sports activities star of the town, and was additionally chosen among the many immortals of worldwide gymnastics.
These days, she has much less contact with Hungarian gymnastics and Hungarian sports activities life, however this doesn’t cut back her reputation, she continues to be the smiling gymnast of Hungary, the golden lady of Barcelona.
God bless him!
