Róbert Zimonyi

Personal information
Born	18 April 1918 Sárvár, Hungary[1]
Died	2 February 2004 (aged 85) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Duna Budapesti-i Evezős Egylet Budapesti Kinizsi Vesper Boat Club[1]
Medal record Representing Hungary Olympic Games 1948 London Coxed pair Representingthe United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Eight Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Coxed four European Rowing Championships 1965 Duisburg Eight

Róbert Zimonyi (18 April 1918 – 2 February 2004) was a Hungarian-born Americanrowing coxswain. He competed forHungary in various events at the 1948 and 1952Olympics and won a bronze medal incoxed pairs. After theHungarian Revolution of 1956, he moved to the United States and became an American citizen in 1962.^[2] With American teams, he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964^[1] and a European bronze medal in 1965,^[3] both in theeights, and a gold medal at the 1967 Pan American Games incoxed fours.^[4]

Zimonyi left rowing in late 1960s, and did not coach. He was an accountant by training, but after immigrating to the United States, he worked at a brick company of a fellow rowerJohn B. Kelly Sr.^[5] In 1963, he became an accountant at Sandmeyer Steel, and worked there until retiring by age in 1983.^[5]

Zimonyi had a sister in Hungary.^[6] After that he moved to Florida to improve his health, together with his partner, Isabel Gressner.^[7]

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