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Vilmos Varjú

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Vilmos Varjú

Personal information

Born

10 June 1937
Gyula, Hungary

Died

17 February 1994 (aged 56)
Budapest, Hungary

Height

1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

140 kg (309 lb)

Sport

Athletics

Event

Shot put

Club

Újpesti TE, Budapest

Achievements and titles

Personal best

20.45 m (1971)

Medal record

Representing Hungary

Men’s Athletics
Olympic Games
	1964 Tokyo	Shot put
European Championships
	1962 Belgrade	Shot put
	1966 Budapest	Shot put

Vilmos Varjú (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈvilmoʃ ˈvɒrjuː]; 10 June 1937 – 17 February 1994) was a Hungarian shot putter. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in 3rd, 13th and 8th place, respectively.^[1] Varjú won European titles in 1962 and 1966.

References

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^ "Vilmos Varjú". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

External links

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Vilmos VarjúatOlympics.com

European Athletics Championships champions in men's shot put

1934: Arnold Viiding (EST)

1938:

Aleksander Kreek (EST)

1946:

Gunnar Huseby (ISL)

1950:

Gunnar Huseby (ISL)

1954:

Jiří Skobla (TCH)

1958:

Arthur Rowe (GBR)

1962:

Vilmos Varjú (HUN)

1966:

Vilmos Varjú (HUN)

1969:

Dieter Hoffmann (GDR)

1971:

Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)

1974:

Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)

1978:

Udo Beyer (GDR)

1982:

Udo Beyer (GDR)

1986:

Werner Günthör (SUI)

1990:

Ulf Timmermann (GDR)

1994:

Aleksandr Klimenko (UKR)

1998:

Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)

2002:

Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)

2006:

Ralf Bartels (GER)

2010:

Tomasz Majewski (POL)

2012:

David Storl (GER)

2014:

David Storl (GER)

2016:

David Storl (GER)

2018:

Michał Haratyk (POL)

2022:

Filip Mihaljević (CRO)

2024:

Leonardo Fabbri (ITA)

v t e AAA Championships winners in men's shot put
1876–1914	1880: William Winthrop 1881: Maurice Davin (IRL) 1882: George Ross 1883–84: Owen Harte (IRL) 1885: Donald McKinnon 1886–87: James Mitchell (IRL) 1888: George Gray (CAN) 1889: William Barry (IRL) & R.A. Greene 1890: R.A. Greene 1891–92: William Barry (IRL) 1893–99: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1900: Richard Sheldon USA 1901–02: Wesley Coe USA 1903: Tom Nicolson 1904–05: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1906–07: Tom Kirkwood 1908–10: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1911: James Barrett (IRL) 1912: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1913: Einar Nilsson SWE 1914: Armas Taipale FIN
1919–39	1919: Bertil Jansson SWE 1920: Raoul Paoli FRA 1921: Bertil Jansson SWE 1922: Ville Pörhölä FIN 1923: James Barrett IRL 1924: Reginald "Rex" Woods 1925: Herb Schwarze USA 1926: Reginald "Rex" Woods 1927: Georg Brechenmacher GER 1928: Édouard Duhour FRA 1929: József Darányi HUN 1930: Jules Noël FRA 1931: József Darányi HUN 1932: Harry Hart SAF 1933–34: Zygmunt Heljasz POL 1935–36: Aad de Bruyn NED 1937: Hans Woellke GER 1938: Angiolo Profeti ITA 1939: Aad de Bruyn NED
1946–59	1946: Aad de Bruyn NED 1947–48: David Guiney IRL 1949: John Giles 1950: Petar Šarčević YUG 1951: Gunnar Huseby ISL 1952–54: John Savidge 1955–56: Barclay Palmer 1957–59: Arthur Rowe
1960–2006	1960–61: Arthur Rowe 1962: Jay Silvester USA 1963: Mike Lindsay 1964–65: Vilmos Varjú HUN 1966: Jan Botha RSA 1967: Dawid Booysen RSA 1968–69: Jeff Teale 1970–71: Les Mills NZL 1972–73: Geoff Capes 1974: Al Feuerbach USA 1975–79: Geoff Capes 1980: Brian Oldfield USA 1981–82: Mike Winch 1983: Mike Carter USA 1984: Mike Winch 1985–86: Billy Cole 1987: Paul Edwards 1988–89: Simon Williams 1990–92: Paul Edwards 1993: Matt Simson 1994: Paul Edwards 1995: Mark Proctor 1996: Matt Simson 1997: Steph Hayward 1998–99: Mark Proctor 2000: Steph Hayward 2001–02: Mark Proctor 2003–06: Carl Myerscough

Hungarian Athletics Championships winners in men's shot put

1897: Pál Réthy
1898: László Pórteleki
1899–1901: Rezső Crettier
1902–05: András Kozla
1906: Mihály Dávid
1907: Kálmán Kirchoffer
1908–14: Imre Mudin
1915: Dezső Farkas
1916–17: Imre Mudin
1918–19: Teofil Morár
1920–21: Pál Bedő
1922: Károly Vállay
1923: László Eördögh
1924–25: Pál Bedő
1926–35: József Darányi
1936: István Horváth
1937: Zoltán Csányi
1938–39: József Darányi
1940–42: Ernő Németh
1943: Ernő Németvári
1944: Vilmos Horváth
1945–47: Ernő Németvári
1948: József Tóth
1949: Ernő Németvári
1950–52: Károly Lévai
1953: Ferenc Kövesdi
1954–55: János Mihályfi
1956–57: Ferenc Kövesdi
1958–60: Vilmos Varjú
1961–62: Zsigmond Nagy
1963–72: Vilmos Varjú
1973: János Faragó
1974: György Nagy
1975–77: János Faragó
1978–79: László Szabó
1980–82: István Kácsor
1983–84: László Szabó
1985: Zsigmond Ladányi
1986: László Szabó
1987: Zsigmond Ladányi
1988: László Szabó
1989–90: Jenő Kóczián
1991: József Ficsor
1992–97: Jenő Kóczián
1998: Attila Pintér
1999: Szilárd Kiss
2000: Zsolt Bíber
2001–02: Szilárd Kiss
2003–05: Zsolt Bíber
2006–13: Lajos Kürthy
2014–15: Tibor Rakovszky

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