ATHLETE

Sándor Rozsnyói

1930 - 2014

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Sándor Rozsnyói (born Sándor Rosner, 24 November 1930 – 2 September 2014) was a Hungarian athlete, who mainly competed in the 3,000-metre steeple chase. Born in Zalaegerszeg, he competed for Hungary at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, where he won the silver medal in the men's 3000 m steeplechase. Rozsnyói absconded from the plane on his return trip to Hungary and became a refugee in Vienna, Austria, as the Soviet Union had invaded Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sándor Rozsnyói has received more than 15,366 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Sándor Rozsnyói is the 323rd most popular athlete (up from 376th in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 448th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sándor Rozsnyói ranks 323 out of 6,025Before him are Camille Mandrillon, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Jonni Myyrä, Luigi Beccali, Bobbie Rosenfeld, and Juan Carlos Zabala. After him are Henry Russell, Nancy Mackay, Eero Berg, Kenenisa Bekele, Elmer Niklander, and John Akii-Bua.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Sándor Rozsnyói ranks 308Before him are Edna O'Brien, Jack Taylor, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Helen Merrill, Anatoli Maslyonkin, and Lothar Wolleh. After him are Edward Woodward, James Coco, Dawn Addams, Marco Pannella, Yoshinori Shigematsu, and Bradford Dillman. Among people deceased in 2014, Sándor Rozsnyói ranks 215Before him are Ilija Pantelić, François Cavanna, René Burri, Saul Zaentz, Andrew V. McLaglen, and Dennis Frederiksen. After him are Jadwiga Piłsudska, Marco Cé, Halet Çambel, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Małgorzata Braunek, and Daniel Boulanger.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Sándor Rozsnyói ranks 412 out of 1,077Before him are Lajos Csordás (1932), Gyula Kállai (1910), Karol Divín (1936), Jenő Fuchs (1882), Antal Szabó (1910), and Eugen Varga (1879). After him are Jenő Fock (1916), Lipót Fejér (1880), George Pal (1908), Sándor Wekerle (1848), Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun (1677), and Ferenc Fejtő (1909).

Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Sándor Rozsnyói ranks 10Before him are Imre Földi (1938), Gyula Kellner (1871), Nándor Dáni (1871), Éva Székely (1927), Miklós Németh (1946), and Zoltán Horváth (1937). After him are Olga Gyarmati (1924), Márta Rudas (1937), Angéla Németh (1946), Gergely Kulcsár (1934), Gyula Zsivótzky (1937), and László Szollás (1907).