Gyula Gyenes

{{short description|Hungarian sprinter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Gyula Gyenes

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| nationality = Hungarian

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 100 metres

| club = MAC, Budapest

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|2|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Budapest, Austria-Hungary

| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|6|26|1911|2|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Budapest, Hungary

| height =177 cm

| weight =75 kg

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Gyula Gyenes (20 February 1911 – 26 June 1988) was a Hungarian sprinter who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gy/gyula-gyenes-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003210/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gy/gyula-gyenes-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Gyula Gyenes Olympic Results |accessdate=5 June 2017}}

Biography

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, he competed in the men's 100 metres.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71159 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2025}}

Gyenes finished third behind Arthur Sweeney in the 220 yards event at the 1937 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19370717/014/0014 |title=The Athletic Championships |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=17 July 1937 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19370719/011/0011 |title=Six records go by the board at White City |work=Evening Despatch |date=19 July 1937 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=18 January 2025 }}

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