Andrea Kékesy

Andrea Kékesy
nation	Hungary
birthday	September 17, 1926
place of birth	Budapest
Career
discipline	Single run, pair run
Partner	Ede Király
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 1 × 0 × EM medals 2 × 0 × 0 ×
winter Olympics silver St. Moritz 1948 Couples  World figure skating championships silver Davos 1948 Couples gold Paris 1949 Couples  European figure skating championships gold Prague 1948 Couples gold Milan 1949 Couples

Andrea Kékesy (born September 17, 1926 in Budapest ) is a former Hungarian figure skater who started in single and pair skating .

In the individual run, Kékesy finished ninth in their only World Championship participation in 1948 . She took part in European championships twice, in 1948 she was seventh and in 1949 tenth.

In pair skating, she became Hungarian champion with Ede Király in 1944 and 1947 to 1949. In 1948 the ice skating couple became European champions in Prague . At the World Championships in Davos and the Olympic Games in St. Moritz , they won the silver medal behind the Belgians Micheline Lannoy and Pierre Baugniet . In 1949 Kékesy and Király defended their European championship title in Milan and became world champions in Paris .

After the 1950 World Cup , Kékesy and Király stayed in London to avoid the communist regime in their homeland.

Results

Single run

Competition / year	1948	1949
World championships	9.
European championships	7th	10.

Pair skating

(with Ede Király )

Competition / year	1944	1947	1948	1949
winter Olympics			2.
World championships			2.	1.
European championships			1.	1.
Hungarian championships	1.	1.	1.	1.

Web links

• Andrea Kékesy in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )