István Donogán (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈdonoɡaːn]; 13 December 1897 – 25 November 1966) was a Hungarian discus thrower. He competed in the Summer Olympic Games in 1928 and 1932 and was third at the European Championships in 1934.
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| Born | 13 December 1897[1] Zenta, Kingdom of Hungary (now Senta, Serbia) | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 November 1966 (aged 68) Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 48.86 m (1934) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editDonogán competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, but only placed 17th with a throw of 41.78 m and failed to qualify for the final.[1] Hungarian discus throwing experienced an upsurge in the early 1930s, with Donogán, József Remecz, Endre Madarász and Kálmán Marvalits all entering the international elite.[2] Donogán won the Hungarian championship in 1931; his best throw that year was 47.99 m, which broke the official Hungarian record,[3] but both Remecz and Madarász threw beyond 48 m the same year.[4] Donogán, Remecz and Madarász were among the favorites at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, together with the Americans and the French;[2] Donogán threw 47.08 m in the Olympic final and placed fifth.[1] He was the top Hungarian, just ahead of Madarász, as European record holder Remecz underperformed.[2]
Donogán placed third – again ahead of Remecz – at the 1934 European Athletics Championships in Turin, throwing 45.91 m.[5] Donogán, who turned 37 that year, remains the oldest Hungarian medallist at the European championships.[5] He won his second national discus title in 1935.[3][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Istvan Donogan Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ a b c Jukola, Martti (1935). Huippu-urheilun historia (in Finnish). Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.
- ^ a b Kis, János; Vajda Attila. "Délvidéki magyar olimpikonok" (PDF) (in Hungarian). pp. 73–74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Top 25 Lists – 1931". Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ a b Jalava, Mirko (2014). "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014: Statistics Handbook" (PDF). European Athletics. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Magyar férfi bajnokok atlétikában, dobó számok" (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2014.