Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Vilmos•Éden |
Used name | Vilmos•Éden |
Born | 22 September 1914 in Vecsés, Pest (HUN) |
Died | 6 September 1984 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN) |
Measurements | 195 cm |
Affiliations | Hungária EE, Budapest (HUN) |
NOC | Hungary |
When Vilmos Éden was in high school he competed in table tennis and shooting before achieving results in rowing. From 1933 to 1946, he was a rower of the Hungária EE. During this time, he won a total of seven championships, three times with the coxed fours, twice with the coxless pairs and twice with the eights.
As a member of the Hungarian eights, he finished first at both the European championship in 1934 and a year later at the World College Games. In 1936, he was a member of the coxed fours that finished fifth at the Berlin Olympics. In 1937, as a member of the eights, he was fourth in the European Championship, in 1937, he was second in the coxed fours and third in the eights at the World College Games.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1936 Summer Olympics | Rowing | HUN | Vilmos Éden | |||
Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | 5 |