József Sir

József Ágoston Sir, born Schier on 28 April 1912 and died on 22 September 1996, was a Hungarian sprinter and later a sports administrator. At the inaugural European Championships in Turin in 1934 he won silver in the 200 metres, bronze in the 100 metres and bronze in the 4 x 100 metres relay. He won three gold medals at the 1935 International University Games in Budapest and four more medals at the 1939 games in Vienna. At the 1936 Summer Olympics he reached the 100 metres semi-finals and the 200 metres quarterfinals. His best time of 10.4 seconds for 100 metres, run in Berlin in 1934, was a Hungarian record for more than thirty years. He was Hungarian champion at 100 and 200 metres in 1934, 1935 and 1939. He sat on the IAAF Council from 1964 to 1984 and proposed its Technical Aid Programme.