József sir

József sir
nation	Hungary
birthday	April 28, 1912
place of birth	Budapest ,  Hungary
size	178 cm
Weight	73 kg
date of death	September 22, 1996
Place of death	Budapest ,  Hungary
Career
discipline	sprint
Best performance	100 m: 10.4 s (1934) 200 m: 21.4 s (1935)
society	BBTE Budapest
Medal table
European championships 0 × 2 × 1 × International University Games 4 × 1 × 2 ×
European championships bronze 1934 Turin 100 m silver 1934 Turin 200 m silver 1934 Turin 4 × 100 m  International University Games gold 1935 Budapest 100 m gold 1935 Budapest 200 m gold 1935 Budapest 4 × 100 m gold 1939 Vienna 100 m silver 1939 Vienna 200 m bronze 1939 Vienna 4 × 100 m bronze 1939 Vienna 10 × 200 m

József Sir (born April 28, 1912 in Budapest as József Schier ; † September 22, 1996 ibid) was a Hungarian athlete who specialized in the sprint.

biography

József Sir won three medals at the European Athletics Championships in Turin in 1934 , the first ever European Athletics Championships. In the 200-meter run , he won the silver medal, as well as with the Hungarian sprint relay . In 100 Meters bronze medal was added.

Also in 1934, Sir won the 100 yard race at the British Amateur Championships in 9.9 seconds.

Sir was even more successful at the International University Games , the forerunners of today's Universiade . In his hometown Budapest in 1935 he won both the 100 m and the 200 m and with the sprint relay. He celebrated another 100 m victory in Vienna in 1939 . Over 200 m he achieved a silver medal, there were bronze medals with the sprint relay as well as the special 10 x 200 meter relay.

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , Sir was used in all three sprint disciplines. Over 100 m he made it to the semi-finals, where he was the last to retire in his run. In the 200-meter run , he made it to the semifinals, in which he was eliminated in fourth of his run. The Hungarian sprint relay with him as the final runner failed as third in the preliminary run.

At the national level, József Sir was very successful. In 1934, 1935 and 1939 he was Hungarian champion over 100 m. In the same years he won the championship over 200 m.

Sir's best time over 100 m was 10.4 s, which he achieved in 1934. A year later he ran his personal best over 200 m with 21.4 s.

His nephew László Hammerl was at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo in Shooting Olympic champion .

Web links

• József Sir in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results list of the European championship in the portal gbrathletic (English)
2. ↑ Result lists of the British amateur championships in the portal gbrathletics (engl.)
3. ↑ Result lists in the gbrathletics portal
4. ↑ List of Hungarian national champions over 100 m (Hungarian)
5. ↑ List of Hungarian national champions over 200 m (Hungarian)