István Déván ( sk, Štefan Déván; 4 November 1891 – 20 April 1977) was a Hungarian

track and field athlete Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of ...

and

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

who competed for

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

and in the

1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France ...

. He was born in Pressburg (Pozsony),

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(today

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

) and died in Kempten im Allgäu,

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. In 1912 he was eliminated in the semifinals of the 200 metres competition. He also participated in the 400 metres event but was eliminated in the first round. He was also a member of the Hungarian team which was eliminated in the first round of the 4x400 metre relay competition. Twelve years later he participated in the first Winter Olympics and finished 31st in the 18 km cross-country skiing event.

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1890s births 1977 deaths Sportspeople from Bratislava Hungarian male sprinters Hungarian male cross-country skiers Hungarian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic athletes for Hungary Olympic cross-country skiers for Hungary Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Hungarians in Slovakia {{Hungary-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub