József Darányi

The native form of this personal name is Darányi József. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

József Darányi

Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	28 September 1905 Devecser, Veszprém, Hungary
Died	23 December 1990 (aged 850) Veresegyház, Pest, Hungary
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	shot put
Club	MAC, Budapest

József Darányi (28 September 1905 – 23 December 1990) was a Hungarian shot putter who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

Darányi broke the world record in both-handed shot put (an event in which the shot was thrown with the right hand and separately with the left hand, and the best results for each hand were added together) on three occasions. He first broke Ralph Rose's world record of 28.00 m in June 1931, achieving a total of 28.04 m (14.80 m/13.24 m).[2] Three months later he improved to 28.67 m (15.43 m/13.24 m).[3] Darányi lost the record to Jack Torrance in 1934, but regained it the following year with a total of 29.46 m (15.77 m/13.69 m), his eventual best.[4]

Darányi finished second behind Georg Brechenmacher in the shot put event at the 1927 AAA Championships.[5][6] Two years later Darányi won the British AAA title in the shot put event at the 1929 AAA Championships[7][8] and successfully regained the British AAA Championships shot put title at the 1931 AAA Championships.[9][10][11]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "József Darányi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
2. "Darányi József megjavította a kétkezes súlydobás világrekordját" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 4 December 2014.
3. "Ungarlane Daranyi püstitas maailmarekordi kahekäega kuulitõukes 28.67 m". Eesti Spordileht (in Estonian). 10 November 1931. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
4. Jukola, Martti (1935). Huippu-urheilun historia (in Finnish). Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.
5. "An Olympiad". Weekly Dispatch (London). 3 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Records go abroad". Western Daily Press. 5 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Foreigners held at Bay". Reynolds's Newspaper. 7 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "AAA Championships". Daily News (London). 8 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Athletics records may be smashed today". Daily News (London). 4 July 1931. Retrieved 10 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Few AAA titles go abroad". Daily Herald. 6 July 1931. Retrieved 10 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 3 January 2025.