- István Gyulai
István Gyulai (
Budapest ,March 21 ,1943 , –Monte Carlo ,March 12 ,2006 ) was a formerHungaria n television commentator and General Secretary of theIAAF .A sprinter during his active athletics career, he was a 28-time national champion. He won two relay medals in two editions of the
Universiade : A gold medal over 4 x 100 metres in 1963 and a silver medal over 4 x 400 metres in 1965.He started his television career in 1970 in the Hungarian Television. He led the Sport section between 1990 and 1991.
He was a member of the IAAF Council from 1984 until 2001, and from 1991 until his death he was the General Secretary of the IAAF. During his years in the council, he still worked for theHungarian Television as well.
On
October 7 ,2006 , the athletics stadium inDebrecen ,Hungary was redidicated the István Gyulai Athletics Stadium in his honour.Both his sons followed his steps in sports. The elder, Miklos, a sprinter who was national champion and ran the 4x100 Relay on the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 4X100 Relay Final on the 2000 World Championships, later became the founding member of the Hungarian Bobsleigh Team, competing in 1994, 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics. His younger son, Marton is currently member of the Hungarian Bobsleigh Team. The idea of the boys trying themselves out in bobsleigh came from their father.
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* [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=33883.html IAAF news story]
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