Nándor Dáni
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Nándor Dáni [ ˈnaːndor ˈdaːni ] (born May 30, 1871 in Budapest , † December 31, 1949 there ) was a Hungarian middle-distance runner .
As a member of the Magyar AC Budapest , Dáni took part in the I Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens , Greece . In the first run of the preliminary round of the 800-meter run , he qualified second with two tenths of a second over the Australian Edwin Flack for the final. There he crossed the finish line again on April 9, 1896 after 2: 11.8 minutes, just behind Flack and thus won the bronze medal (in 1896 the winner received the silver and the second the bronze medal).
Web links
- Nándor Dáni in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Dáni, Nándor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1949 |
| Place of death | Budapest |