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Béla Zsitnik

Béla Zsitnik

Hungarian rower (1924–2019)

Béla Zsitnik (17 December 1924 – 12 January 2019) was a Hungarian rower who competed in the 1948, 1952, and 1960 Summer Olympics.

The native form of this personal name is Zsitnik Béla. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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Early life

He was born in Győr and is the father of Béla Zsitnik Jr. In 1948 he was a crew member of the Hungarian boat which won the bronze in the coxed pairs event. Four years later he was eliminated with the Hungarian boat in the semi-final repechage of the eight competition. At the 1960 Games he was part of the Hungarian boat which was eliminated in the repechage of the coxless four event.[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    Zsitnik Béla is elment! (in Hungarian)
  2. [2]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Béla Zsitnik Sr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.


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