Great Olympians

Biographies - SZE

Szebeny Antal

Olympic Competitor nr 4636

1908-07-29-15:20 - Rowing - Eights, round one, heat two - lost (307.5)
1912-07-17-12:40 - Rowing - Eights, round one - second (98)

Szebeny György

Olympic Competitor nr 6795

1912-07-17-12:40 - Rowing - Eights, round one - second (98)

Szebeny István

Olympic Competitor nr 6796

1912-07-17-12:40 - Rowing - Eights, round one - second (98)

Szebeny Miklós

Olympic Competitor nr 6797

1912-07-17-12:40 - Rowing - Eights, round one - second (98)

Széchy László

B. 1891-11-18, Arad, Romania, then part of Hungary, lived in Budapest, represented Hungary; D. 1963-12-19
Fencing (1 silver)

	1924	HP
Men's Sabre, Team	(silver)	400
		400

Szécsényi József

B. 1932-01-10, Szegvár, Hungary; D. 2017-03-19
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Discus Throw	fourth	fifth	3900
			3900

Szécsi Zoltán

B. 1977-12-22, Budapest, Hungary
Water Polo (3 gold)

2000 2004 2008 2012 HP

Men's Team gold gold gold fifth 20200

20200

	2000	2004	2008	2012	HP
Men's Team	gold	gold	gold	fifth	20200
					20200

Winner of the Waterpolo at Sydney, Athina and Beijing

Szegedi Károly

B. 1953-06-21, Újfehértó, Hungary; D. 1978-07-25
Canoeing - Sprint Canadian

	1976	HP
Men's Canadian Singles 500 metres	sixth	640
		640

Szegedy Géza

B. 1884, Buzias, Romania, then part of Hungary; D. 1914-09-23
Athletics - Track & Field

	1906	HP
Men's High Jump	ac	30.38
Men's Standing High Jump	9th	180
		210.38

Olympic Competitor nr 3066

1906-04-30-15:00 - Athletics - High Jump - AC (30.38)
1906-05-01-16:00 - Athletics - Standing High Jump - ninth (180)

Szeiler Aranka

from Budapest, represented Hungary
Gymnastics

	1928	HP
Women's Team Combined	fourth	800
		800

Maria Szekeli

B. 1941-08-25, Târgu Mures, Romania
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1960	HP
Women's Kayak Doubles 500 metres	sixth	480
		480

Székely András

B. 1909-03-05, Tatabánya, Hungary; D. 1943-01-25
Swimming

	1932	HP
Men's 100m Freestyle	SF:5th	160
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay	bronze	640
		800

Székely Éva

B. 1927-04-03, Budapest, Hungary
Swimming (1 gold, 1 silver)

1948 1952 1956 HP

200 m Breaststroke fourth gold silver 22500

400 m Free-style - sixth - 640

4x100 m Free-style Relay fifth - - 250

23390

	1948	1952	1956	HP
200 m Breaststroke	fourth	gold	silver	22500
400 m Free-style	-	sixth	-	640
4x100 m Free-style Relay	fifth	-	-	250
				23390

In 1952, the definition of breaststroke was such that the arms had to move in parallel. Éva Székely was the first to use the butterfly stroke when she won the gold at Helsinki. By 1956, the definition had changed and the butterfly was a medal discipline of its own.
She was the wife of Gyarmati Dezsö. Their daughter Andrea won silver in backstroke and bronze in butterfly in '72, and then married Mihaly Hesz, gold in K1 in '68, silver in '64. Gyarmati and Szekely emigrated for a short while to the US, but returned to Hungary.

Székely Ripszima

B. 1936-07-12, Budapest, Hungary
Aquatics - Swimming

	1956	HP
Women's 400 metres Freestyle	fifth	1000
		1000

Székely Tamás

B. 1923-04-29, from Budapest, represented Hungary
Alpine Skiing

	1948	HP
Men's Downhill	52nd	0.0000003
Men's Combined	35th	0.00075
Men's Slalom	35th	0.001
		0.0017503

Székelyhidy Tibor

B. 1904-02-20, Cluj, Romania, then part of Hungary, represented Hungary; D. 1989-11-21
Fencing

	1936	HP
Men's Épée, Team	R1:3rd	0.936
		0.936

Szekeres Béla

B. 1933, Budapest, Hungary
Cycling - Track

	1952	HP
Men's Sprint	sixth	960
		960

Székeres Béla

B. 1938-01-11, Hajdüböszörmény, Hungary; D. 2000-02-24
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Men's 5000 metres	R1:dnf	0.0000033
		0.0000033

Szekeres Ferenc

B. 1947-03-21, Abony, Hungary
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's Marathon	33rd		12th	60.00384
				60.00384

Szekeres Ildikó

B. 1955-07-21, Pécs, Hungary
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Women's 100 m Backstroke	31st	-2.64
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	12th	10
		10.0064

Szekfý László

B. 1905-11-16, Somogy, Hungary; D. 1977-12-17
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1932	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg)	sixth	960
		960

Szekrényessy Attila

B. 1913-01-20, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1995-01-21
Figure Skating

	1936	HP
Mixed Pairs	fourth	2000
		2000

He competed with his sister:

Szekrényessy Piroska

B. 1916-05-01, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1990-10-30
Figure Skating

	1936	HP
Mixed Pairs	fourth	2000
		2000

Szelei István

B. 1960-12-07, Szentes, Hungary
Fencing (1 bronze)

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	Rep3			410
Men's Foil, Team	sixth		bronze	880
				1290

Széles János

B. 1909, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1981
Boxing

	1928	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-53.5 kg)	QF	861
		861

Stefan Szelestowski

B. 1900-11-11, Warszawa, Poland, then part of Russia; D. 1987-10-07
Athletics & Modern Pentathlon

	1924	1928	HP
Men's 5000 m	R1:9th		0.068
Men's 3000 m Team	R1:5th		40
Men's Individual Modern Pentathlon		26th	0.096
			40.164

Maria Szeliga

B. 1952-11-08, Rzeszów, Poland
Archery

	1980	HP
Women's Individual	7th	600
		600

Szelky Ottó

B. 1894, from Budapest, represented Hungary; D. 1929
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1924	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+82.5 kg)	R3	136.5
		136.5

Szemere László

Olympic Competitor nr 2481

1906-04-23-08:30 - Shooting - Military Revolver, Gras Model - 28th (0.019)
1906-04-23-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle - 25th (0.075)
1906-04-24-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle, Gras Model - 20th (0.75)
1906-04-28-08:30 - Shooting - Free Rifle - 17th (3)

Kazimierz Włodzimierz Szempliński

B. 1899-01-07, Warszawa, Poland, then part of Russia; D. 1971-02-12
Fencing

	1936	HP
Men's Épée, Team	SF:4th	82
		82

Aleksander Szenajch

B. 1904-08-26, Warszawa, Poland, then part of Russia; D. 1987-06-05
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 100 m	R1:4th	0.000000072
Men's 200 m	R1:4th	0.00000012
		0.000000192

Karol Szenajch

B. 1907-02-11, Warszawa, Poland, then part of Russia
Ice Hockey

	1928	HP
Men's Team	Qu:3rd	86
		86

Szendeffy István

B. 1899, Budapest, Hungary
Rowing

	1924	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	Rep:3rd	300
		300

Szendey Antal

B. 1915-03-07, Pestszenterzsébet, Hungary; D. 1994-05-06
Rowing

	1936	1948	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs		bronze	4070
Men's Eights	fifth		4070
			4070

Szendey Béla

B. 1902-10-05, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1966-10-29
Rowing

	1924	1928	HP
Men's Double Sculls	R1:3rd		1412
Men's Single Sculls		R2	1412
			1412

Szendrődi Ildikó

competed in 1964 as

Szendrődi-Kővári Ildikó

B. 1930-05-08, Budapest, Hungary
Alpine Skiing

	1952	1956	1960	1964	HP
Women's Downhill	32nd			43rd	0.0040256
Women's Giant Slalom	37th			41st	0.000464
Women's Slalom	30th			26th	0.074
					0.0784896

Szente András

B. 1939-12-10, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2012-09-14
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint (2 silver)

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Kayak Singles 4x500 metres Relay	silver		1000
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000 metres	silver		2000
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 metres		fourth	800
			3800

Szenteleki-Ligetkuti Sára

B. 1945-04-20, Sárvár, Hungary
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Women's 1500 metres	R1:24th	0.16
		0.16

Szentesi Erzsébet

B. 1953-10-24, Miskolc, Hungary
Basketball

	1980	HP
Women's Team	fourth	800
		800

Szentgáli Lajos

B. 1932-06-07, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2005-11-02
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	1956	HP
Men's 800 metres		SF:5th	130
Men's 4x400m Relay	R1:3rd		68
			198

Szentgróthy László

Olympic Competitor nr 5633

1912-07-06-19:00 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Free-style, round one - third - 8th time (0.16)
1912-07-10-13:05 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Backstroke, round one, heat five - first (Q)
1912-07-10-19:00 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Backstroke, semifinal - fourth (492)

Szentirmay István

B. 1949-07-19, Szeged, Hungary
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	1972	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle		R1:26th	0.064
Men's 100 metres Butterfly	R1:29th	SF:14th	16.016
Men's 200 metres Individual Medley	R1:17th		4
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	R1:9th		40
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	R1:11th	8th	80
			140.08

Antal Szentmihályi

B. 1939-06-13, Győr, Hungary
Football (1 gold)

	1964	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

He was also on the team in 1960, but did not play.

Szentpály Imre

B. 1904-11-15, Oradea, now in Romania, represented Hungary; D. 1987-01-24
Polo

	1936	HP
Men's Team	fourth	800
		800

Szepes Béla

originally called

Vojtech Strauch

B. 1903-09-05, Košice, Slovakia, then part of Hungary, represented Hungary; D. 1986-06-20
Cross-Country Skiing & Nordic Combined& Athletics (1 silver)

	1924	1928	HP
Men's 18 km	dnf		0.000064
Men's Nordic Combined	dnf		0.015
Men's Javelin Throw		silver	6000
			6000.015064

Szepes Gyula

B. 1899-08-18, Košice, Slovakia, then part of Hungary, represented Hungary; D. 1985-03-02
Cross-Country Skiing & Nordic Combined

	1928	HP
Men's 18 km	dnf	0.0000016
Men's Nordic Combined	dnf	0.0015
		0.0015016

Szepesi Ádám

B. 1945-04-12, Békéscsaba, Hungary
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's High Jump	fifth	1500
		1500

Szepesi Gusztáv

B. 1939-07-17, Miskolc, Hungary; D. 1987-06-02
Football (1 gold)

	1964	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Szepesi István

B. 1959-06-25, Budapest, Hungary
Judo

	1980	HP
Men's Half-Heavyweight (-95 kg)	fifth	1230
		1230

Szepesi Ottmár

B. 1901-12-22, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1965-08-24
Equestrianism - Jumping

	1936	HP
Jumping, Individual	33rd	0.0032
Jumping, Team	dnf	0.64
		0.6432

Széplaki Pál

B. 1945-02-03, Budapest, Hungary
Equestrianism - Jumping

	1972	HP
Jumping, Individual	47th	-5.50
		0.000005

Szerelemhegyi Ervin

Olympic Competitor nr 5541

1912-07-06-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - AC
1912-07-10-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - fourth
1912-07-12-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, round one - second (Q)
1912-07-12-16:15 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, semifinals - third (31.12)
1912-07-14-14:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x400 m Relay, round one - third (100)

Szerényi János

B. 1938-08-21, Baja, Hungary
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's 10000 metres	20th	1
		1

Written 2002-10-29 - last modified 2023-12-24

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