Ödön Bodor
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Ödön Bodor (né Ödön Krausz; 24 October 1882 – 22 January 1927) was a
athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[1] He was Jewish.[2]
Career
Bodor was born in
Frigyes Wiesner, and József Nagy
. In the first round, Bodor began his leg three yards behind the Swedish team and had to pass the other runner just to remain in competition. The time for the team in that round was 3:32.6. The final, however, saw a reversal of fortune. Bodor began with a five-yard lead over the Germans, however. He was unable to hold on to that lead, and finished inches behind the Germans at 3:32.5 to his opponents' 3:32.4 to receive a bronze rather than silver.
In the 800 metres, Bodor won his first round heat with a time of 1:58.6 to defeat a number of highly regarded athletes including defending champion
James Lightbody
. Bodor was one of four runners to beat Lightbody's record of 1:56.0 in the final, though he was the slowest of the four at 1:55.4. Bodor also competed in the 1500 metres, although he did not advance past the first round.
Bodor also played football. A midfielder,[3] starting his career in 1900 at Újpesti FC. He died in Budapest in 1927.
See also
References
- ^ "Ödön Bodor". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ ISBN 9781903900871.
- ^ Ödön Bodor at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 27 July 2006.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 July 2006.
- Ödön Bodor at National-Football-Teams.com
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