Dezső Szabó (born 4 September 1967 in
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
) is a retired
Hungarian decathlete
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δÎκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθΠ...
. His son, also named Dezső Szabó, competed in
pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a #bar, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...
at the
2006 World Junior Championships.
Achievements
Awards
* Hungarian athlete of the Year (1): 1990
External links
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1967 births
Living people
Hungarian decathletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Hungary
Athletes from Budapest
European Athletics Championships medalists
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Hungary
Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
20th-century Hungarian people
21st-century Hungarian people
Hungarian Athletics Championships winners
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