Nationality Hungarian Club Ujpesti TE, Budapest Height 1.90 m Event(s) Hammer throw Role Olympic athlete | Sport Athletics Name Gyula Zsivotzky Country Hungary Personal best(s) 73.76 m (1968) Weight 102 kg | |
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Born 25 February 1937 Budapest, Hugary Died September 29, 2007, Budapest, Hungary Olympic medals Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men\'s hammer throw Similar People Romuald Klim, Vasily Rudenkov, Uwe Beyer, Tadeusz Rut | ||
Gyula Zsivótzky (25 February 1937 – 29 September 2007) was a Hungarian hammer thrower. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, silvers in 1960 and 1964, and finished fifth in 1972. Zsivótzky set two world record: one in 1965 and the other at the 1968 Olympics. He was twice elected as Hungarian Sportsman of the Year: in 1965, after winning at the Summer Universiade, and in 1968, for his Olympic gold medal.
Zsivótzky retired in 1973 and later worked in the clothing industry. He remained involved with athletics as an administrator, becoming a member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee and vice-president of his athletic club Újpesti TE. He married Magdolna Komka, an Olympic high jumper. One of his sons is decathlete Attila Zsivoczky, the other is football player Gyula Zsivóczky Jr..
Zsivótzky died from cancer in his native Budapest, aged 70.