Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | József•Hegedűs |
Used name | József•Hegedűs |
Nick/petnames | Heczi |
Born | 7 January 1910 in Újpest (HUN) |
Died | 7 August 1981 in Budapest (HUN) |
Affiliations | Újpesti TE, Budapest (HUN) |
NOC | ![]() |
József Hegedűs was a gymnast at UTE from 1928 to 1939. In 1933 he won the Hungarian championship title on parallel bars and pommelled horse. From 1930 until his retirement, he appeared for the Hungarian national team 13 times and achieved his greatest successes with the the team. He took part in the 1930 World Championships and the 1932 Olympics and both times finished fourth in the team event. At the Olympics he also finished in 7th place individually on the parallel bars. Hegedűs helped the Hungarian team finish 5th at the 1934 World Championship and 7th at the 1936 Olympics. In addition to his sports career, he worked as a milk inspector at the Újpest Dairy Office.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1932 Summer Olympics | Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | ![]() |
József Hegedűs | |||
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) | 20 | |||||
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | 4 | ||||
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) | 18 | |||||
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) | =7 | |||||
Rings, Men (Olympic) | 13 | |||||
1936 Summer Olympics | Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | ![]() |
József Hegedűs | |||
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) | 75 | |||||
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | 7 | ||||
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) | 73 | |||||
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) | 97 | |||||
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) | 71 | |||||
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) | 90 | |||||
Rings, Men (Olympic) | =37 | |||||
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) | 24 |