Géza Varasdi
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men'sathletics | ||
RepresentingHungary | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1952 Helsinki | 4×100 metres relay | |
European Championships | ||
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^Géza VarasdiatOlympedia
- ^Meghalt Varasdi Géza(in Hungarian)
- 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.
Categories:
- 1928 births
- 2022 deaths
- Hungarian male sprinters
- Athletes from Budapest
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Hungary
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Hungarian Athletics Championships winners
- Hungarian athletics biography stubs