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Géza Varasdi

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Géza Varasdi
Medal record
Men'sathletics
RepresentingHungary
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki 4×100 metres relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1954 Bern 4×100 metres relay

Géza Varasdi(6 February 1928 – 4 May 2022)[1]was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was a member of the national team of Hungary between 1948 and 1956.[2]

Biography

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Born inBudapest,Hungary,Varasdi competed for Hungary at the1952 Summer Olympicsheld inHelsinki,Finland, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 100 meters relay with his team matesLászló Zarándi,György CsányiandBéla Goldoványi.Together with the same team, he won the gold medal on 29 August 1954 in Bern, at the European Championship of Athletics in the men's 4 × 100 meters relay. When participating at the Olympic Games in Melbourne, 1956, he suffered a crick in his semifinal. From 1956 he lived inMelbourne,working as a doctor.

References

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  • Walther Umminger (1992).A sport krónikája(in Hungarian). Budapest: Officina Nova. pp. 480, 496.ISBN963-7836-92-6.
  • "Melbourne 1956. Varasdi Géza"(in Hungarian). origo.hu. Archived fromthe originalon 29 October 2010.Retrieved25 January2010.
  • "Helsinki 1952"(in Hungarian). magyar.sport.hu.Retrieved25 January2010.