Márton Gyulai (born 12 December 1979,

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) is an international sports executive, with significant experience in bidding for, and organising world- and European championships, mainly in athletics. Gyulai graduated from the

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in 2001 with a degree in International Government. He competed as an

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er while there. Following his graduation, Gyulai became a Hungarian

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der who competed internationally from 2001 to 2006. Competing in two

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, he earned his best finish of 23rd in the four-man event at

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, and is the only Hungarian to date to drive both the 2-man and the 4-man sled in the same games; the

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. Upon retirement from the sport, Gyulai worked for

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Hungary before taking on the role of the General Secretary of the

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in 2008. In 2011 together with Attila Spiriev and Péter Deutsch they launched th
Gyulai István Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix
In 2015 Gyulai became the youngest member to be elected to the Council of

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under the presidency of

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. In 2018 Gyulai led the Budapest bid to stage the

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and won.

References

2002 bobsleigh four-man resultsFIBT profile
* ttp://www.origo.hu/vendegszoba/sport/20060228bob.html Origio.hu interview with Gyulai after the 2006 Winter Olympics Hungarian male sprinters Hungarian male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders of Hungary 1979 births Living people Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's track and field athletes People from Vác Sportspeople from Pest County {{Hungary-bobsleigh-bio-stub