Géza Varasdi (6 February 1928 – 4 May 2022) 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.Meghalt Varasdi Géza

Biography

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Varasdi competed for Hungary at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 100 meters relay with his team mates László Zarándi,

György Csányi György Csányi (7 March 1922 – 13 December 1978) was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He competed for Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where he won the bronze medal in the ...

and Béla 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 in Melbourne, working as a doctor.

References

* * * 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 {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub