Ödön Radvány

Ödön Radvány [ ˈødøn ˈrɒdvaːɲ ] (born December 27, 1888 in Budapest , † March 11, 1959 ibid) was a Hungarian wrestler.

Career

Odon Radvány comes from Budapest and began at a young age to the rings . He was of Jewish faith and belonged to the sports club VAC Maccabi Budapest. By the age of 20, he developed into one of the best Hungarian lightweight wrestlers. Soon he also advanced to the top of the world, which in the Greco-Roman style, the style that Radvány wrestled, consisted exclusively of European athletes. As early as 1910, he started in his native Budapest for the first time at a European lightweight championship (up to 70 kg body weight). But he still had to give way to the more experienced wrestlers and ended up in 7th place.

In 1912 he succeeded in winning the European lightweight championship (up to 67.5 kg body weight), again in Budapest, the first title win at an international championship in a well-filled competition. In the same year he also represented Hungary at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in lightweight, where he came in 5th place. After five wins, he failed because of the Swede Erik Lund.

In 1913 he won his second European title, again in Budapest. With Gottfrid Svensson from Sweden and Viktor Fischer from Austria he had to beat two very strong opponents. Then the First World War interrupted Ödön Radvány’s career.

After this war he started for the first time in a world championship in 1920. In Vienna he secured first place. It took seven victories to win this world title. In 1922 he was well on the way to winning the world title again at the World Championships in Stockholm, until he was defeated in the last fight by the Finn Edvard Westerlund and had to be satisfied with the runner-up world title.

At the end of his career in 1924, at least 36 years old, he took part in the Olympic Games in Paris for the second time. For this purpose, he trained in featherweight (up to 62 kg body weight). However, he was not allowed to win a medal. After two wins he suffered two defeats from Norway's Arthur Nord and Sweden's Erik Malmberg , which put him in 8th place. He then ended his career as an active wrestler.

The results of the international championships in which Ödön Radvány participated can be read in the following section.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Fe = featherweight, then up to 62 kg body weight, Le = lightweight, then up to 67.5 or 70 kg body weight)

• 1910, 7th place , EM in Budapest , GR, Le, with victories over József Heitner, Hungary and Alexei Charassymow, Russia and a defeat against Miklós Orosz, Hungary;
• 1912, 1st place , EM in Budapest, GR, Le, ahead of Árpád Szántó, Hungary, Theodor Schibilski, Germany , Orosz, József Stemmer, Hungary and Jukka Toivola, Finland ;
• 1912, 5th place , Olympic Games in Stockholm, GR, Le, with victories over Johan Nilsson, Sweden, Frederik Hansen, Denmark , Bror Flygare, Sweden, Armas Laitinen, Finland and August Kippasto, Russia and one defeat against Erik Lund, Sweden ;
• 1913, 1st place , EM in Budapest, GR, Le, ahead of Gottfrid Svensson , Sweden, Viktor Fischer , Austria , F. Rakovszky, Hungary and Karel Halík, Bohemia ;
• 1920, 1st place , World Championships in Vienna , GR, Le, ahead of Rezső Péter, Hungary, Miklós Breznotics, Hungary, Franz Drahozal, Austria and Sándor Saborsky, Hungary;
• 1922, 2nd place , World Championship in Stockholm, GR, Le, with victories over Jens Boesen, Denmark, Birger Nilsen, Norway and Carlo Weinand, Denmark and a defeat against Edvard Westerlund , Finland;
• 1924, 8th place , OS in Paris , GR, Fe, with victories over Eduard Rottiers, Belgium and Voldemar Väli , Estonia and defeats against Arthur Nord, Norway and Erik Malmberg , Sweden

swell

• DOCUMENTATION of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976
• 1972 yearbook of the German Wrestling Federation, Athletik-Verlag, Karlsruhe, 1972
• Website www.webspawner.com/users/birkozas/radvanyödön.html
• Hungarian Biographical Archive, Fiche 497, page 452, there given as source: Ágnes Kenyeres: Magyar életrajzi lexikon . Akadémiai kiadó, Budapest 1967–1981.
• http://www.kereso.hu/yrk/Ryrgenwm/12377