Róbert Zimonyi

Róbert Zimonyi (18 April 1918 – 2 February 2004) was a Hungarian-born American rowing coxswain. He competed for Hungary in various events at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won a bronze medal in coxed pairs. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he moved to the United States and became an American citizen in 1962.[2] With American teams, he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964[1] and a European bronze medal in 1965,[3] both in the eights, and a gold medal at the 1967 Pan American Games in coxed fours.[4]

Róbert Zimonyi

Personal information
Born	18 April 1918 Sárvár, Hungary[1]
Died	2 February 2004 (aged 85) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Duna Budapesti-i Evezős Egylet Budapesti Kinizsi Vesper Boat Club[1]
Medal record Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1948 London Coxed pair Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Eight Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Coxed four European Rowing Championships 1965 Duisburg Eight

Zimonyi had a sister in Hungary.[5] He left rowing for good in late 1960s, and did not coach. He was an accountant by training, but after immigrating to the United States had to take odd jobs, such as working at a brick company of a fellow rower John B. Kelly Sr.[6] In 1963, he became an accountant at Sandmeyer Steel, and worked there until retiring by age in 1983.[6] After that he moved to Florida to improve his health, together with his partner of 45 years Isabel Gressner.[7]

References

1. Róbert Zimonyi. sports-reference.com
2. Stowe, 25
3. Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter). sport-komplett.de
4. Steven Olderr (14 September 2009). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadística, 1951–1999, edición bilingüe. McFarland. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4766-0468-8.
5. Carl Posey (18 November 2015). XVI Olympiad: Melbourne/Stockholm 1956, Squaw Valley 1960. Warwick Press Inc. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-987944-13-6.
6. Stowe, 24
7. Stowe, 175

Cited sources

• William A Stowe (2005). All Together. iUniverse. ISBN 978-0-595-34388-1.

External links

• Róbert Zimonyi at International Olympic Committee
• Róbert Zimonyi at Olympedia
• Róbert Zimonyi at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Róbert Zimonyi at FISA