- Ödön Földessy
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Medal record Competitor for Hungary
Men’s Athletics Olympic Games Bronze Helsinki 1952 Long Jump European Championships Gold Bern 1954 Long Jump Ödön Földessy (born 1 July 1929 in Békés) was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the long jump.
He competed for Hungary in the men's long jump event at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the bronze medal.
European Champions in Men's Long Jump 1934: Wilhelm Leichum (GER) • 1938: Wilhelm Leichum (GER) • 1946: Olle Laessker (SWE) • 1950: Torfi Bryngeirsson (ISL) • 1954: Ödön Földessy (HUN) • 1958: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) • 1962: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) • 1966: Lynn Davies (GBR) • 1969: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) • 1971: Max Klauß (GDR) • 1974: Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS) • 1978: Jacques Rousseau (FRA) • 1982: Lutz Dombrowski (GDR) • 1986: Robert Emmiyan (URS) • 1990: Dietmar Haaf (FRG) • 1994: Ivaylo Mladenov (BUL) • 1998: Kirill Sosunov (RUS) • 2002: Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR) • 2006: Andrew Howe (ITA) • 2010: Christian Reif (GER)
Categories:- 1929 births
- Hungarian long jumpers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Hungary
- Possibly living people
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Hungarian athletics biography stubs
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