W40 Katalin Deák bounces two indoor WRs in Budapest

Katalin Deák of Hungary turned 40 on March 4. She didn’t wait long to make her marks on the record book — long jumping to world indoor bests of 6.21 (20-4 1.2) in the long jump and 12.77 (41-10 3.4) in the triple jump March 8 in Budapest, Hungary. Both W40 records were set in a 20-minute stretch, reports this Hungarian track site. The listed W40 WRs are 5.87 (19-3 1/4) by Anne Levard of France and 12.14 (39-10) by Petra Herrmann of Germany. So she broke 20- and 40-foot barriers in one outing! Of course, Katalin was a W35 stud as well, winning world titles and setting records in that age group.Thanks to Alan Sigmon for the heads up on this.

Here’s Katalin on her record day: