Ottó Misángyi (; 20 April 1895 – 30 November 1977) was a Hungarian athletics coach, sports official, university professor and writer. Born in Pécs, Misángyi was notary in the

Hungarian Athletics Association The Hungarian Athletics Association ( hu, Magyar Atlétikai Szövetség, MASZ) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Hungary. Affiliations MASZ is the national member federation for Hungary in the following international organisa ...

(HAA) before

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. In the war he was captured and held in custody by the Russians. He returned to Hungary after the war and managed the athletics department of

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros wa ...

. At the creation of the , Misángyi was selected to the three-member Executive Commission. From 1925 he worked as Professor of Athletics and in 1941 he was promoted to director, a position he held until 1945. Beside his duties in the college, he also earned degrees in commerce and law, and served as professional supervisor of the Hungarian Athletics Association between 1921 and 1932, including a brief period when he acted as vice-president of HAA (1929–1932). He was track and field official at four Olympics between 1924 and 1936. His work was also part of the art competitions at the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

and the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

he left Hungary and settled in St. Gallen,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, where he worked as athletics coach and instructor. He died there in 1977.

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1895 births 1977 deaths People from Pécs Hungarian athletics coaches Athletics (track and field) officials Hungarian prisoners of war World War I prisoners of war held by Russia Hungarian emigrants to Switzerland Athletics (track and field) administrators People from St. Gallen (city) Olympic competitors in art competitions {{academic-administrator-stub