What is László Tábori?
[[File:László Tábori.jpg|thumb|László Tábori in Oslo, 1953]] '''László Tábori''' (July 6, 1931 – May 23, 2018) was a Hungarian-born American [[Middle distance track event|middle]]- and [[Long-distance track event|long-distance]] runner. He was best known for equalling the [[1500 metres]] [[athletics world record|world record]] and placing 4th in that event at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]]. Tábori was born in [[Košice]], Hungary. He later worked as a running coach, notably working with [[Jacqueline Hansen]], who ran two [[Marathon world record progression|world records in the marathon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1090689/2/index.htm |date=1976-01-26 |access-date=2009-11-23 |publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]] |title=When Jacki Hansen changed events the result was a new world record |archive-date=2012-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025165616/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1090689/2/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tábori died on May 23, 2018 at a hospital in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], aged 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/sport/hungarian-runner-and-coach-laszlo-tabori-dies-aged-86-1.2226402|title=Hungarian runner and coach Laszlo Tabori dies aged 86|website=gulfnews.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.coachtabori.com/ Laszlo Tabori's homepage] {{DEFAULTSORT:Tabori, Laszlo}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Olympians for Hungary]] [[Category:Olympians for the United States]] [[Category:American middle-distance runners]] [[Category:American long-distance runners]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Los Angeles]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}