Sándor Urbanik (born 15 December 1964 in

Esztergom Esztergom (; ; or ; , known by Names of European cities in different languages: E–H#E, alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the righ ...

) is a retired male

race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

from

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. He competed in four consecutive

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for his native country, starting in 1988. He is married to fellow Hungarian race walker

Mária Urbanik Mária Rosza-Urbanik (born 12 February 1967 in Törökszentmiklós, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok) is a retired race walker for Hungary who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She married Sándor Urbanik, a fellow Hungarian ...

. He was a bronze medallist in the 5000 m walk at the

1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to t ...

, held in his native Hungary. He represented Hungary at seven consecutive editions of the

World Athletics Championships The World Athletics Championships, known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics until 2019, are a biennial sport of athletics, athletics competition organized by World Athletics, formerly International Association of Athletics Federations ...

, from 1987 to 2001, with his best finish being tenth place at the

1993 World Championships in Athletics The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Neckarstadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August with the participation of 187 nations. Having or ...

. He is the Hungarian national record holder in several events, including the 10 km, 15 km, 20 km, 30 km and 35 km road distances, the hour walk (reaching 14,186 m), and also the indoor 5000 m distance with 18:34.77 minutes. He won twelve national titles in the

20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight ...

at the Hungarian Athletics Championships, with ten straight wins from 1986–1995, and final wins in 2000 and 2001 after recouping the title from Gyula Dudás.Hungarian Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-06. He also won seven straight titles at the Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships from 1988 to 1994.Hungarian Indoor Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-06. On the international circuit, he won the 2001 Dudinská Päťdesiatka race.WINNERS OF THE DUDINSKA 50 IN WALKING
Dudince Walking. Retrieved 2023-08-06.

International competitions

National titles

* Hungarian Athletics Championships **20 km walk: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001 * Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships **5000 m walk: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

References

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1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Esztergom Athletes from Komárom-Esztergom County Hungarian male race walkers Olympic male race walkers Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Hungarian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub

International competitions

National titles

See also

References