ohl leben ▁ ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Can ad ian ▁women ▁scient ists ▁Category : Can ad ian ▁e colog ists ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁British ▁Columbia ▁fac ulty <0x0A> </s> ▁Ist ván ▁R ó zs av öl gy i ▁( 3 0 ▁March ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁  – ▁ 2 7 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Hung arian ▁ath lete ▁who ▁competed ▁mainly ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁metres . ▁ ▁R ó zs av öl gy i ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Budapest . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁star ▁pup ils ▁of ▁Mih ály ▁I gl ó i , ▁he ▁entered ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁held ▁in ▁Melbourne , ▁Australia ▁as ▁the ▁world ▁record ▁holder ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁metres , ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁metres ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁metres ▁and ▁was ▁expected ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁leading ▁cont ender ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁metres ▁Olympic ▁gold . ▁However , ▁outside ▁circumstances ▁shook ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁team ▁Hung ary . ▁S ánd or ▁I har os , ▁another ▁super star , ▁was ▁absent . ▁Back ▁home , ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁Revolution ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁had ▁just ▁been ▁qu ashed ▁by ▁the ▁Soviet ▁army . ▁R ó zs av öl gy i ▁failed ▁to ▁even ▁make ▁the ▁final . ▁ ▁The ▁post - O lymp ic