Sándor Rozsnyói

Sándor Rozsnyói

Medal record
Representing Hungary
Men’s Athletics
Olympic Games
	1956 Melbourne	3000 m steeplechase
European Championships
	1954 Bern	3000 m steeplechase

Sándor Rozsnyói, Rosner (24 November 1930 – 2 September 2014) was a Hungarian athlete, who mainly competed in the 3,000-metre steeple chase.

Born in Zalaegerszeg, he competed for Hungary at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, where he won the silver medal in the men's 3.000m steeplechase.

Rozsnyói remained in Australia after the Olympics rather than return home to Hungary which had been invaded by the Soviet Union. Rozsnyói became a physical education teacher in New South Wales, teaching at Epping Boys High School, Cumberland High School and Model Farms High School, and was a coach with the Ryde-Hornsby Athletic Club.

Rozsnyoi lived much of his life in Epping, NSW with his wife and sons Alex and Les.

In 2007 he was awarded the International Fair Play Award for the sportsmanship he displayed when he chose not to challenge the outcome of his 1956 Olympic Steeplechase race.

Sources

• Sportlexikon II. (L–Z). Főszerk. Nádori László. Budapest: Sport. 1986. ISBN 963-253-441-7 (in Hungarian)
• Rózsaligeti László: Magyar olimpiai lexikon. Budapest: Datus. 2000. ISBN 963-00-5577-5 (in Hungarian)
• Révai új lexikona XVI. (Rac–Sy). Főszerk. Kollega Tarsoly István. Szekszárd: Babits. 2005. ISBN 963-9556-26-2

(in Hungarian)

• Rozsnyói on melbourne56.origo.hu (in Hungarian)
• Profile on nssz.hu (in Hungarian)
• szentkoronaradio.com: Interview with Rozsnyói about the olympic final (in Hungarian)