Sándor Urbanik (born 15 December 1964 in

Esztergom Esztergom ( ; german: Gran; la, Solva or ; sk, Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the right bank of the river Dan ...

) is a retired male race walker from

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. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He is married to fellow Hungarian race walker Mária Urbanik. 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 ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the ...

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

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

, 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 ori ...

. 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 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 People from Esztergom Sportspeople from Komárom-Esztergom County Hungarian male racewalkers Olympic male racewalkers 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 {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub

International competitions

National titles

See also

References