Alfréd Hajós

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Alfréd Hajós

Alfréd Hajós [ ˈɒlfreːd ˈhɒjoːʃ ] (* February 1, 1878 as Arnold Guttmann in Budapest ; † November 12, 1955 ibid) was a Hungarian Olympic champion in swimming , as a footballer champion with the Budapesti TC and national player, later also national coach. He was also an architect whose work has often outlasted time.

On April 11, 1896, at the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, he won the 100 meter freestyle in a time of 1: 22.2 minutes, the first modern Olympic swimming medal and the first Olympic gold medal for his native Hungary. On the same day he also won the 1200 meter freestyle competition. His younger brother Henrik Hajós won a gold medal at the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 with the Hungarian relay over 4 × 250 meters freestyle.

Alfréd Hajós was also Hungarian athletics champion in 1898 in the 100 meters, 400 meter hurdles and discus throwing.

He was a member of the Budapesti Torna Club ( Torna = "gymnastics") which became the first football club in Hungary when the football department was founded in 1897. In 1901 and 1902 he won the first two championships in Hungarian football history with the BTC . From 1901 he also played in Hungarian, then practically Budapest national teams, such as in 1901 in the 1: 5 defeat by the English Surrey Wanderers on April 13, 1901, the second official game of an association selection. He also played for the Budapest Ramblers , a selection team set up by the clubs that competed with the Vienna Ramblers in 1901 and 1902. On October 12, 1902, he was the captain of the Budapest city selection, which in front of 500 spectators on the WAC square in Vienna was defeated 0: 5 by the Vienna selection. This game will be the first international match in both countries.

In 1906 he led the national team as a coach through two international matches. On October 7th Hungary played 4: 4 in Prague against Bohemia and on November 4 in front of 3,000 spectators there was a 3: 0 victory against Austria on the Millennium tournament track in Budapest. The star of the team was Imre Schlosser .

At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 , Alfréd Hajós, who was now working as an architect, was awarded a silver medal for his design for the Budapest swimming stadium. Along with the American Walter Winans , who won a gold medal in sports shooting in 1908 and a silver medal in 1912 and a gold medal in sculpture in 1912 , he is one of only two Olympians who were successful in both a sports discipline and an art competition.

In 1966 he was inducted into the International Swimming Sports Hall of Fame , and in 1981 into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame .

Architecture by Alfréd Hajós

  • Weidlich House in Miskolc (1912)

  • Hitelintézeti house in Miskolc (1913)

  • Grand Hotel Aranybika in Debrecen (1913)

  • Vigadó Restaurant in the Miskolc People's Park

  • Millennium tournament track in Budapest XIV (1928)

  • National swimming stadium in Budapest (1930)

  • Napraforgo Street 17, Bauhaus- style house in Budapest

literature

  • Alfred Hajós. In: Richard Stanton: The Forgotten Olympic Art Competitions: The Story of the Olympic Art Competitions of the 20th Century. Trafford Publishing, Victoria BC 2001, ISBN 1-55-212606-4 , pp. 295/296

Web links

Commons : Alfréd Hajós  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ I. osztály 1901 , the first Hungarian League 1900-01, (Hungarian) on www.magyarfutball.hu
  2. ↑ I. osztály 1902 , the first Hungarian League 1901-02, (Hungarian) on www.magyarfutball.hu
personal data
SURNAME Hajós, Alfréd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnold Guttmann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian swimmer and architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1955
Place of death Budapest