PETERVARI-MOLNAR Bendeguz

Date of Birth: 14 Mar 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.90/6'2''

Place of residence : PILISMAROT

Residence Country:

Hungary

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Single Sculls	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Heat 1 #1	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Quarterfinal 3 #69	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Semifinal A/B 2 #108	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Final B #126	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	1x
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	14

World Championships

Year	Location	1x	2x
2019	Linz, AUT	44	-
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	12	-
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	-	21
2014	Amsterdam, NED	-	21

European Championships

Year	Location	1x
2020	Poznan, POL	23
2019	Lucerne, SUI	21
2017	Racice, CZE	10

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
9	Single Sculls	2021	Sabaudia, ITA	6:51.14
10	Double Sculls	2019	Plovdiv, BUL	6:32.13
10	Single Sculls	2018	Linz, AUT	7:06.12
12	Single Sculls	2021	Zagreb, CRO	7:16.35
12	Single Sculls	2017	Belgrade, SRB	7:14.41
19	Single Sculls	2017	Lucerne, SUI	7:09.99
21	Single Sculls	2019	Poznan, POL	7:35.73
23	Single Sculls	2018	Lucerne, SUI	7:13.39
34	Single Sculls	2018	Belgrade, SRB	DNS

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Cycling, playing ice hockey, watching basketball, skiing, snowboarding. (magyarock.hu, 16 May 2021; Instagram profile, 19 May 2021; Budapest Student Broadcast YouTube channel, 12 Nov 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Commerce, Marketing - Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

Languages spoken:

English, Hungarian, Italian

Budapesti Evezos Egyesulet [Hungary]

Zoltan Molnar [personal, father]

Sporting relatives:

His father Zoltan Molnar represented Hungary in rowing in quadruple sculls at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, and has also served as his coach. His uncle Pal Petervari competed in canoe marathon and C2 10,000m events for Hungary, and won gold at the world championships in 1988, 1991, 1998 and 1999. (SportsDeskOnline, 02 Jun 2021; Budapest Student Broadcast YouTube channel, 12 Nov 2020; magyarock.hu, 16 May 2021)

He took up rowing at age 13 in 2006. He also began swimming at age three, and played ice hockey from age five to 14. (Budapest Student Broadcast YouTube channel, 12 Nov 2020; worldrowing.com, 16 Jul 2014)

Both of his parents were rowers "It was kind of written for me to go into rowing. They didn't want me to be a rower at first, that's why I was swimming and playing ice hockey first." (Budapest Student Broadcast YouTube channel, 12 Nov 2020)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (Budapest Student Broadcast YouTube channel, 12 Nov 2020)

"We've been experimenting with training since before the 2016 Olympic Games. Most international rowers only paddle once a day as a workout, along with a lot of cycling or weightlifting. No one in Hungary had done that, but we switched to that method. There are days I don't even row, I just ride a bike for longer. At first, it was hard to hit the ratio between intense and lighter workouts, but now we're getting more and more into it." (redbull.com, 10 Apr 2021)

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and earning a quota place for Hungary for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Budapest Student Broadcast YouTube channel, 12 Nov 2020; redbull.com, 10 Apr 2021)

Philosophy:

"What has motivated me during my career is that I am happy being a rower, I like this lifestyle, I like training, I like the races, and I wanted to continue that. So that gave me more motivation for the future." (Budapest Student Broadcast YouTube channel, 12 Nov 2020)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
He says he has considered retiring from rowing, but chose to remain in the sport. "I have had lows in the last two years [speaking in 2021]. I had to sit down with myself twice to see if I would continue. In the end, I decided to continue, but knew that I could only achieve anything if I was serious." (magyarock.hu, 16 May 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2020 he started a programme in which he mentored five young rowers. However, he says he does not intend to become a coach like his father. "I really like to help people improve their rowing, but not as an everyday job teaching people. Rowers are crazy, and to deal with that craziness every day, it's not for me. I can't really be a coach." (Budapest Student Broadcast YouTube channel, 12 Nov 2020)

FURTHER STUDIES
He has also studied for a master's degree in media and communications at the Corvinus University of Budapest in Hungary. (Linkedin profile, 01 Nov 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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