Teofil Savniky-Marschalkó

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameTeofil Elek Vilmos•Savniky-Marschalkó
Used nameTeofil•Savniky-Marschalkó
Other namesTeofil Marschalkó de Savnik
Born19 May 1894 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Died23 January 1966 in Leányfalu, Pest (HUN)
AffiliationsBPTTSE, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

Teofil Savniky participated as a middle-distance runner at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics in the 1,500 metres, where he was eliminated in the heats. In the Hungarian trials, he had placed second behind Ödön Bodor in the half-mile-race. As a writer, he later took the name Marschalkó, and participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics with his work Agon: a dramatic poem in five Pictures in the Art Competitions, in the category Literature. He was a poet and sports journalist, and in many of his poems he praised the region of Leányfalu near Budapest.

Personal Best: 1500 – 4:15.4 (1914).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Athletics HUN Teofil Savniky
800 metres, Men (Olympic) DNS
1,500 metres, Men (Olympic) AC h2 r1/2
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions HUN Teofil Marschalkó
Literature, Dramatic Works, Open (Olympic) AC