Sándor Szalay (figure skater)
Sándor Szalay | |||||||||||||||||||
nation | Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||
birthday | June 6, 1893 | ||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Budapest | ||||||||||||||||||
date of death | April 5, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Budapest | ||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Pair skating | ||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Olga Orgonista | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sándor Szalay (born June 6, 1893 in Budapest ; † April 5, 1965 there ) was a Hungarian figure skater who started in pair skating .
He competed in pair skating with Olga Orgonista . Together they became the first Hungarian champions in pair skating between 1928 and 1930.
In 1930 in Vienna and 1931 in St. Moritz , Szalay and Orgonista also became the first European champions in pair skating . They relegated their compatriots Emília Rotter and László Szollás to second place both times .
Szalay and Orgonista had their first appearance at world championships in 1929 in their native Budapest . There they won the bronze medal behind the two Austrian couples Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser and Melitta Brunner and Ludwig Wrede . The next time they participated in the World Cup, they were runner-up in Berlin in 1931 . They were very narrowly defeated by their compatriots Rotter and Szollás, whom they had defeated at the European Championships shortly before. A year later, Szalay and Orgonista competed in their last world championship in Montreal, Canada . They finished them in fourth place. They achieved the same result in the same year at the Olympic Games in Lake Placid .
Results
Pair skating
(with Olga Orgonista )
Competition / year | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 |
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winter Olympics | 4th | ||||
World championships | 3. | 2. | 4th | ||
European championships | 1. | 1. | |||
Hungarian championships | 1. | 1. | 1. |
Web links
- Sándor Szalay in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Szalay, Sándor |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1893 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1965 |
Place of death | Budapest |