László Tábori

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László Tábori (birth name László Talabircsuk ) (born July 6, 1931 in Košice , † May 23, 2018 in Los Angeles ) was an American middle and long-distance runner of Hungarian origin.

In 1955, with 3: 59.0, he was the third person to ever run under four minutes in the mile . In the same year, together with the Dane Gunnar Nielsen, he set the world record in the 1,500 meter run of 3: 40.8 min and became the Hungarian champion over this distance.

In 1956 he became national champion in cross-country running on the short distance. At the Olympic Games in Melbourne he was fourth over 1500 m and sixth over 5000 m . Since the Hungarian uprising had been suppressed shortly before , he moved to the United States after the games.

In the USA he first worked in a wheelchair factory, and later he designed wheelchairs. Since he was not yet eligible to start for the USA, he failed to take part in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. In 1960 he won the British Open Championship in the mile run, in 1961 he was US champion over three miles . As in Hungary, he trained with his Hungarian coach Mihály Iglói .

László Tábori was later also successful as a coach. In 1979 he was named Best Trainer of the Year by Runners World . After completing his active career, he worked for the San Fernando Valley Track Club for over 30 years . He looked after the marathon runners Jacqueline Hansen and Miki Gorman . When he left there for reasons of age, he opened a sports shoe store.

Personal bests

  • 1500 m: 3: 40.8 min, September 6, 1955, Oslo
  • 1 mile: 3: 59.0 min, May 28, 1955, London
  • 5000 m: 13: 52.6 min, July 30, 1960, London

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Litsky: Laszlo Tabori, Celebrated Hungarian Runner Who Bolted to US, this at 86. In: The New York Times. May 4, 2018, accessed May 25, 2018 .
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/laszlo-tabori-1.html
  3. ↑ Arnd Krüger : Mihály Iglói. The man and the system. In: Runner's World. Mountain View, CA 1969, p. 168
  4. ↑ http://www.coachtabori.com/laszlosbiography.html

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personal data
SURNAME Tábori, László
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Talabircsuk, László
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American middle and long distance runner of Hungarian origin
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Košice
DATE OF DEATH 23 May 2018
Place of death los Angeles