Béla Szendey

Béla Szendey (5 October 1902 – 29 October 1966) was a Hungarian rower.[1]

Béla Szendey
Personal information
Born(1902-10-05)5 October 1902
Budapest, Hungary
Died29 October 1966(1966-10-29) (aged 64)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Hungary
European Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1926 Lucerne Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 1927 Como Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 1930 Liège Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 1931 Paris Double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 1933 Budapest Double sculls

Szendey was born in Budapest in 1902.[2][3] He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris with Ervin Mórich in the men's double sculls where they were eliminated in round one.[2] He competed in single sculls and won silver medals at the 1926 European Rowing Championships in Lucerne and at the 1927 European Rowing Championships in Como.[4] At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, he was eliminated in the round two repêchage by David Collet from Great Britain in the single sculls event.[5]

Szendey won gold at the 1930 European Rowing Championships in Liège in the single sculls.[4] He teamed up with András Szendey for the 1931 European Rowing Championships in Paris and they won a silver medal in double sculls. They won a bronze medal in this boat class two years later at the 1933 European Rowing Championships in Budapest.[6]

Szendey died on 29 October 1966[2] in Budapest and was interred at Farkasréti Cemetery.[7]

References

  1. "Béla Szendey". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Béla Szendey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. "Bela Szendey". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls Round Two Repêchage". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  6. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. Csaba, Hatvany Béla. "Magyar Családtörténeti Adattár" [Hungarian Family History Data]. Hungarian Society of Family History Researchers. Retrieved 17 March 2018.


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