Pál Németh
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Pál Németh was a Hungarian
sportsperson and later coach in hammer throw
ing.
Born in Szentkirály
, he was the son of athletics coach László Németh. During his own sporting career, Pál Németh played volleyball
and basketball
, both in the highest Hungarian league. He took up hammer throwing at the age of 23, and opened his own training centre in 1964.
He trained his own son Zsolt Németh
, Tibor Gécsek
, Krisztián Pars
and Adrián Annus
, among others. He was decorated several times, including the 1998 Coach of the Year
award. He was also an exhibited painter.
He died on 9 January 2009 from heart failure. An annual hammer throwing meeting was established in his honour that same year – the Pál Németh Memorial. Held in Szombathely
in September, Hungarian number one Krisztián Pars
won the first two meetings, which also attracted Olympic gold medallists Primož Kozmus
and Szymon Ziółkowski among others.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
sportsperson and later coach in hammer throw
Hammer throw
The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
ing.
Born in Szentkirály
Szentkirály
Szentkirály is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1987 people ....
, he was the son of athletics coach László Németh. During his own sporting career, Pál Németh played volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, both in the highest Hungarian league. He took up hammer throwing at the age of 23, and opened his own training centre in 1964.
He trained his own son Zsolt Németh
Zsolt Németh
Zsolt Németh is a retired male hammer thrower from Hungary. His personal best throw was 81.56 metres, achieved in August 1999 in Veszprém. He is the son of coach Pál Németh.-Achievements:-References:*...
, Tibor Gécsek
Tibor Gécsek
Tibor Gécsek is a retired male hammer thrower from Hungary. Gécsek is of Hungarian Slovenian descent....
, Krisztián Pars
Krisztián Pars
Krisztián Pars is a Hungarian hammer thrower. He has represented Hungary at the Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics and won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships.His personal best throw is 82.45 metres, achieved...
and Adrián Annus
Adrián Annus
Adrián Annus is a Hungarian hammer thrower, who was stripped of his gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens for a doping violation in a highly publicized scandal...
, among others. He was decorated several times, including the 1998 Coach of the Year
Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year
Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year awards are granted each year since 1958, with categories for sportsmen, sportswomen, teams, coaches and presidents .- Sportspeople of the Year :...
award. He was also an exhibited painter.
He died on 9 January 2009 from heart failure. An annual hammer throwing meeting was established in his honour that same year – the Pál Németh Memorial. Held in Szombathely
Szombathely
Szombathely is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria...
in September, Hungarian number one Krisztián Pars
Krisztián Pars
Krisztián Pars is a Hungarian hammer thrower. He has represented Hungary at the Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics and won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships.His personal best throw is 82.45 metres, achieved...
won the first two meetings, which also attracted Olympic gold medallists Primož Kozmus
Primož Kozmus
Primož Kozmus is a Slovenian hammer thrower and the current Olympic champion. His gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin made him the first ever Slovenian athlete to win both titles.His personal best throw and Slovenian record is 82.58 metres,...
and Szymon Ziółkowski among others.