Antal Szendey

{{short description|Hungarian rower}}

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| birth_date = 7 March 1915

| birth_place = Erzsébetfalva

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| death_place = Budapest

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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry| {{HUN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 1948 London | Coxed pair }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1935 Berlin | Eight }}

{{MedalBronze | 1937 Amsterdam | Coxless four}}

{{MedalSilver | 1938 Milan | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 1947 Lucerne | Coxed pair }}

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Antal Szendey (7 March 1915 – 6 May 1994) was a Hungarian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Erzsébetfalva. In 1936 he was a crew member of the Hungarian boat which finished fifth in the eight event.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Antal Szendey |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sz/antal-szendey-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003135/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sz/antal-szendey-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 17 March 2018 }} At the 1947 European Rowing Championships in Lucerne, he won a gold medal in the coxed pair event.{{cite web |last1=Heckert |first1=Karlheinz |title=Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.) |url= http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/rudern/hst/66.html |publisher=Sport Komplett |accessdate=17 March 2018| language=de}} At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he won the bronze medal with the Hungarian boat in the coxed pair competition.

He died in Budapest in 1994.

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