Géza Varasdi
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Géza Varasdi was a Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was a member of the national team of Hungary between 1948 and 1956.

He competed for Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 963 participating athletes from 57 countries.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...

 held in Helsinki
Helsinki
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, Finland
Finland
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 where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates László Zarándi
László Zarándi
László Zarándi was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He began his career in sport in 1946/47 as a soccer player in the team of SZVSE. At the high school he continued to play soccer, but trained also in athletics: 100 meter and high jump...

, György Csányi
György Csányi
György Csányi was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates László Zarándi, Géza Varasdi and Béla Goldoványi....

 and Béla Goldoványi
Béla Goldoványi
Béla Goldoványi was a Hungarian athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres....

. Together with the same team, he won the gold medal on 29 August 1954 in Bern, at the European Championship of Athletics in the men 4 x 100 meter relay. When participating at the Olympic Games in Melbourne, 1956, he suffered a crick in the semifinales.

Since 1956 he has lived in Melbourne
Melbourne
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, working as a doctor.
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