Béla Zsitnik (17 December 1924 – 12 January 2019) was a
Hungarian rower
Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...
who competed in the
1948,
1952, and
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...
.
Early life
He was born in
Győr
Győr ( , ; german: Raab, links=no; names of European cities in different languages: E-H#G, names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia ...
and is the father of
Béla Zsitnik Jr. In 1948 he was a crew member of the Hungarian boat which won the bronze in the
coxed pairs event. Four years later he was eliminated with the Hungarian boat in the semi-final repechage of the
eight competition. At the 1960 Games he was part of the Hungarian boat which was eliminated in the repechage of the
coxless four event.
Zsitnik Béla is elment!
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1924 births
2019 deaths
Hungarian male rowers
Olympic rowers for Hungary
Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in rowing
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Győr
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