Rezső Béla Kende (31 December 1908 – 19 June 2011) was a Hungarian

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who competed at the

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. He participated in six individual events, achieving his best result at the Olympics in the men's parallel bars tournament, where he finished 33rd in a field of 85 competitors. He was also a part of the Hungarian squad for the men's all-around event, which finished 10th out of 11 nations. Two years after the Olympics he competed at the

1930 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 9th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Luxembourg on 12–14 July 1930. Of special note is that a Yugoslavian Olympic medallist from 1928, Anton Malej, died one day after the conclusion of these games resulting from an in ...

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, but did not win a medal. Kende was born in the

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neighborhood of Budapest and competed out of Újpesti TE. He was a multiple national gymnastics champion and served as a judge and referee for the sport for sixty years following his 1930 retirement. He also had a career as a jurist and attorney. When he died in June 2011, at the age of 102, he was Hungary's oldest living former Olympic competitor.

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* 1908 births 2011 deaths Hungarian male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Hungary Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Hungarian men centenarians 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub