László Zarándi (10 June 1929 – 14 August 2023) was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was born in

Kiskunfélegyháza Kiskunfélegyháza () is a city in Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary. Geography Kiskunfélegyháza is located in the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budapest. M5 motorway, Highway 5, 451, Budapest–Cegléd–Szeged railway line ...

. Zarándi began his career in sport in 1946/47 as a football player in the team of SZVSE. At the high school he continued to play football, but trained also in athletics: 100 metre and

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. In 1950 he was elected in the national team of Hungary for 4 × 100 metres relay. He competed for Hungary at the

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held in

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where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay with his team mates

Géza Varasdi Géza Varasdi OAM (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.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 Finland, officially the Republ ...

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 4 × 100 metres relay. From 1952 he taught at the High School for Physical Education and trained jumpers like

László Szalma László Szalma (born 27 October 1957) is a retired Hungarian long jumper. He won six medals at the European Indoor Championships—two gold, three silver and one bronze—and finished fourth at the 1980 Olympic Games and the 1983 Wor ...

(fourth place at the Olympic Games in 1980) and Dragán Ivanov. László Zarándi died on 14 August 2023, at the age of 94.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zarandi, Laszlo 1929 births 2023 deaths People from Kiskunfélegyháza Hungarian male sprinters Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from Bács-Kiskun County 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen