Gyula Zsivótzky

Gyula Zsivótzky
nation	Hungary
birthday	February 25, 1937
place of birth	Budapest , Hungary
size	190 cm
Weight	102 kg
date of death	September 29, 2007
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary
Career
discipline	Hammer throw
Best performance	73.76 m (September 14, 1968 in Budapest )
society	Kiskunfélegyházi Vasas (1952–1955) TFSE (1955–1957) Újpesti TE (1958–1973)
Trainer	Sándor Harmati (1955–1967) József Csermák (1968–1969) Lajos Kapcsos (1970–1973)
End of career	1954
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 2 × 0 × European championships 1 × 1 × 1 × Summer Universiade 3 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Rome 1960 65.79 m silver Tokyo 1964 69.09 m gold Mexico City 1968 73.36 m  European championships bronze Stockholm 1958 63.68 m gold Belgrade 1962 69.64 m silver Budapest 1966 68.82 m  Universiade gold Turin 1959 63.68 m gold Sofia 1961 69.64 m silver Porto Alegre 1963 68.82 m gold Budapest 1965 69.64 m
last change: April 2, 2020

Gyula Zsivótzky [ ˈɟulɒ ˈʒivoːʦki ] (born February 25, 1937 in Budapest ; † September 29, 2007 there ) was a Hungarian hammer thrower . His greatest success was the Olympic victory in 1968 and the European championship title in 1962. In addition, he held the world record in hammer throw for several years and, after his active career, worked as an official in various political sports positions.

Athletic career

Gyula Zsivótzky gained his first international experience in 1958 at the European Championships in Stockholm , where he won the bronze medal behind the Poles Tadeusz Rut and Michail Krywanossau from the Soviet Union with a width of 63.68 m . However, last year he already competed at the World University Games in Paris , where he won the bronze medal behind Anatoly Samozwetow from the Soviet Union and the Yugoslav Zvonko Bezjak with 55.81 m . In 1959 he won the gold medal at the first official Summer Universiade in Turin with 63.65 m. The following year he took part in the Olympic Games in Rome for the first time , where he won the silver medal behind Vasily Rudenkow from the Soviet Union with a throw at 65.79 m in the final . In 1961 he successfully defended his title at the Student World Games in Sofia with 64.62 m and at the European Athletics Championships in 1962 in Belgrade , he won with a throw of 69.64 m. In 1963 he won the silver medal at the Summer Universiade in Porto Alegre with 65.72 m and had to admit defeat to Gennady Kondrashov from the Soviet Union. The following year he again took part in the Olympic Games in Tokyo , where he again won the silver medal with a width of 69.09 m in the final , this time behind Ramuald Klim from the Soviet Union.

In 1965 he won his last student world games in Budapest with a throw of 69.64 m for the third time and then set up a new world record with 73.74 m on September 4, 1965 in Debrecen , making him the American's old record Hal Connolly improved by five feet. This record lasted until 1968, when he threw two centimeters further in Budapest on September 14, before he was replaced in 1969 by Ramuald Klim from the Soviet Union. In 1966 he took part in the European Championships in his hometown Budapest for the third time and won the silver medal behind Klim from the Soviet Union with a width of 68.82 m. For two years he achieved the gold medal at his third Olympic Games in Mexico City with 73.36 m in the final , making him the third Hungarian Olympic champion in this discipline after Imre Németh and József Csermák . 1969 was re at the European Championships in Athens with 69.68 m fourth and in 1971 he was eliminated at the European Championships in Helsinki with 71.58 m in qualification. In 1972 he reached the finals again at the Olympic Games in Munich , where he was classified in fifth place with a throw of 71.38 m. In 1973 he ended his active career after at least 15 years in top sport.

Zsivótzky was also unbeaten at the national level for years and secured the Hungarian championship title for thirteen years from 1958 to 1970. From 1988 he was a member of the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság , the national Olympic committee, and he was also the vice-president of his club Újpesti TE for many years .

Personal

After his career, Gyula Zsivótzky completed a sports degree in 1973 and then worked in the fashion and clothing industry. Zsivótzky was married to the high jumper Magdolna Komka and had two sons, the former soccer player Gyula Zsivótzky (* 1966) and Attila Zsivoczky (* 1977), a former decathlete who in turn is married to the heptathlete Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas . He died on September 29, 2007 at the age of 70 in his hometown Budapest of complications from cancer.

Awards

• Sportsman of the Year : 1965, 1968
• In 2004 he was elected to the group of twelve Hungarian "Sportsmen of the Nation"
• Athlete of the Year: 1965, 1968
• Gold Medal of the Hungarian People's Republic: 1964, 1975
• Olympic gold ring of the MOB: 1995
• Hungarian athlete of the century: 1999
• Hungarian Order of Merit : 1997
• Magyar Örökség díj : 2000
• Honorary citizen of the municipalities of Balatonfenyves and Kiskunfélegyháza

Web links

Commons : Gyula Zsivótzky  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Gyula Zsivótzky in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Gyula Zsivótzky in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )