József Várszegi

József Várszegi [ jo ː ʒɛf va ː rsɛɡi ] ( born September 7, 1910 in Győr, † June 12, 1977 in Budapest) was a Hungarian javelin thrower, who was about twenty years between the early 1930s and 1950s, internationally active. He won two bronze medals.

His first appearance was Várszegi at the World Games of the students in Turin, where he won in 1933 with a length of 64.85 m the gold medal. 1937 in Paris, he was, though inferior to 67.18 m the Estonians Frederick Isaac, get the excellent 70.25 m clear, however, defeated the Germans Edward Bartels ( 65.45 m). 1939 in Vienna, he could with a throw over 67.37 meters not only Isaac, who only came third with 66.79 meters, but also the German Karl -Heinz Berg ( 67.29 m) defeat. After the war, in 1947 in Paris, he was with 66,45 m a third time successfully.

When the first European Championships 1934 in Turin, he finished with 65.81 m in fifth place. At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, he scored with a throw of more than 69 m length the best he qualification, but came in the final not over 65.30 meters out, which meant eight place. His qualification performance would, however, also earned him a medal, as all three medalists threw well over 70 m.

This did Várszegi two years later at the European Championships in Paris in 1938. With his personal best of 72.78 meters, which he succeeded in the last attempt, he was just the two Finns Matti Järvinen ( gold with 76.87 m) and Yrjö Nikkanen ( silver with 75.00 m) inferior, and won the bronze medal.

After the war Várszegi occurred even twice internationally. The European Championships 1946 in Oslo, although he remained away, took two years later at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. There was the almost 38 -year-old luck on his side. First, he benefited from the fact that, as before, no pitcher was in Oslo able to throw over 70 meters. Secondly, he succeeded in the first attempt, a throw of 67.03 meters, which one could describe as a lucky throw, as his second- best effort was just over 60 meters wide. He gave him his second bronze medal behind the Finn Tapio Rautavaara ( gold with 69.77 meters ) and the American Steve Seymour ( silver with 67.56 m). The Finn Pauli Vesterinen, who landed three litters beyond the 65 m mark, went home empty-handed.

The final point behind his long career continued Várszegi at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, where he came up with 56.82 m under 26 participants to rank 23.

About Várszegis results at Hungarian National Championships nothing is handed down.