Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year
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Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year
awards are granted each year since 1958, with categories for sportsmen, sportswomen, teams, coaches (since 1985) and presidents (since 1995).
Athlete of the Year
Athlete of the Year is an award given by various sports organizations for the athlete whom they have determined to be deserving of such recognition....
awards are granted each year since 1958, with categories for sportsmen, sportswomen, teams, coaches (since 1985) and presidents (since 1995).
Sportspeople of the Year (from 1958)
| Year | Sportsman of the Year | Sport | Sportswoman of the Year | Sport | Team of the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Imre Polyák Imre Polyák Imre Polyák was a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Career:... |
wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position... |
Zsuzsa Körmöczy Zsuzsa Körmöczy Zsuzsa Körmöczy was a female tennis player from Hungary. She won the singles title at the 1958 French Championships at the age of 33 and reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1958... |
tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
Men's water polo team Hungary men's national water polo team The Hungary men's national water polo team represents Hungary in international men's water polo competitions and is controlled by Hungarian Water Polo Association. They are considered the world's top power in the history of water polo, having won 15 Olympic, 9 World Championship, 5 FINA World... |
| 1959 | Rudolf Kárpáti Rudolf Kárpáti Rudolf Kárpáti was a fencer from Hungary, who won six gold medals medals in sabre at four Olympic Games... |
fencing Fencing Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games... |
Jenőné Pap | rowing Rowing (sport) Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water... |
Men's Team épée |
| 1960 | Rudolf Kárpáti | fencing | Jenőné Pap | rowing | Men's Modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run... team |
| 1961 | György Gurics | wrestling | Jenőné Pap | rowing | Men's water polo team |
| 1962 | Imre Polyák | wrestling | Márta Egerváry Márta Egerváry Márta Egerváry is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1960.... |
swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
Men's water polo team |
| 1963 | Győző Veres | weightlifting Powerlifting Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman... |
Ildikó Rejtő | fencing Fencing Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games... |
Men's Modern pentathlon team |
| 1964 | Ferenc Török Ferenc Török Ferenc Török is a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Ferenc Török received an individual gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and a bronze medal with the Hungarian team... |
modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run... |
Ildikó Rejtő | fencing | Men's football team Hungary national football team The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation.... |
| 1965 | Gyula Zsivótzky Gyula Zsivótzky Gyula Zsivótzky was a Hungarian athlete who competed in hammer throw. Born in Budapest, he won two Olympic silver medals and one gold medal.One of his sons is decathlete Attila Zsivóczky... |
hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... |
Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek | discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Women's handball team Hungary women's national handball team The Hungary women's national handball team is the national team of Hungary. It is governed by the Hungarian Handball Federation and takes part in international handball competitions... |
| 1966 | András Balczó András Balczó András Balczó is a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Balczó participated on the Hungarian team which won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome... |
modern pentathlon | Zsuzsa Nagy Szabó | athletics | Men's Modern pentathlon team |
| 1967 | István Kozma István Kozma (wrestler) István Kozma is a Hungarian wrestler, Olympic champion and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:... |
wrestling | Annamária Kovács Tóth | modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run... |
Men's Modern pentathlon team |
| 1968 | Gyula Zsivótzky | hammer throw | Angéla Németh Angéla Németh Angéla Németh is a former track and field athlete from Hungary, who was known as Angéla Ránky after her marriage... |
javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Men's Team épée |
| 1969 | András Balczó | modern pentathlon | Angéla Németh | javelin throw | Junior Men's Modern pentathlon team |
| 1970 | Péter Kelemen | modern pentathlon | Andrea Gyarmati Andrea Gyarmati Andrea Gyarmati is a Hungarian retired female swimmer. She won two medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.... |
swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
Men's Modern pentathlon team |
| 1971 | Csaba Hegedűs Csaba Hegedus Csaba Hegedűs is a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:Hegedűs competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the middleweight class.He was named Hungarian Sportsman of the year in 1971 after his gold... |
wrestling | Andrea Gyarmati | swimming | Men's Team épée |
| 1972 | András Balczó | modern pentathlon | Andrea Gyarmati | swimming | Men's Team épée |
| 1973 | Géza Csapó Géza Csapó Géza Csapó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in K-1 1000 m event with a silver in 1976 and a bronze in 1972.... |
canoe racing Canoe racing This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation .... |
Ildikó Tordasi | fencing | Men's water polo team |
| 1974 | Zoltán Magyar Zoltan Magyar Zoltán Magyar was the premier pommel horse gymnast in the world in the 1970s... |
artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
Ilona Bruzsenyák | long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Men's water polo team |
| 1975 | András Hargitay András Hargitay András Hargitay is a former medley swimmer from Hungary, who won the bronze medal as a sixteen-year old in the men's 400 m individual medley at the 1972 Summer Olympics.... |
swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
Mariann Ambrus | rowing | Men's Modern pentathlon team |
| 1976 | Miklós Németh Miklós Németh (sportsman) Miklós Németh is a Hungarian Olympic champion and former World Record holder in the javelin throw. He is the son of Imre Németh who won the Olympic gold in the hammer throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.... |
javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Ildikó Tordasi | fencing | Men's water polo team |
| 1977 | Pál Gerevich Pál Gerevich Pál Gerevich is a Hungarian fencer, who won two Olympic bronze medals in the team sabre competitions. Pál Gerevich won the world championships in sabre fencing in 1977 and is currently coaching the Viennese fencing club Wiener Sportclub.... |
fencing | Mariann Ambrus | rowing | Men's water polo team |
| 1978 | Zoltán Magyar | artistic gymnastic | Judit Magos | table tennis Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net... |
Men's chess Chess Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player... team |
| 1979 | Tamás Wichmann Tamás Wichmann Tamás Wichmann is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from 1966 to 1983. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals. This included two silver and one bronze .Wichmann found better success at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning a total of 18 medals... |
canoe racing | Andrea Mátay Andrea Mátay Andrea Mátay is a retired Hungarian high jumper. Her outdoor personal best jump was 1.94 metres, achieved in September 1979 in Mexico City. She had 1.98 m on the indoor track, from February 1979 in Budapest. It was a world indoor record. She won two medals at the European Indoor Championships... |
high jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Men's table tennis Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net... team |
| 1980 | Zoltán Magyar | artistic gymnastic | Magda Maros Magda Maros Magda Maros is a Hungarian fencer who won three Olympic medals in the foil competitions.She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year in 1980 after having won two Olympic medals the same year.-References:... |
fencing | Regőczy Krisztina Regöczy Krisztina Regőczy is a former ice dancer from Hungary. Competing with András Sallay, she won the gold medal at the 1980 World Figure Skating Championships and the silver at that year's Winter Olympics.-Results:... and Sallay Andras Sallay Andras Sallay is a former ice dancer from Hungary. Competing with Krisztina Regőczy, he won a gold medal at the 1980 World Figure Skating Championships and a silver at that year's Winter Olympics.-Results:... , ice dancing Ice dancing Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976.... |
| 1981 | Sándor Wladár Sándor Wladár Sándor Wladár is a Hungarian retired male swimmer. He won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in 200 m backstroke.Wladár was a swimmer of Központi Sportiskola , Újpesti Dózsa... |
swimming | Éva Rakusz Éva Rakusz Éva Rakusz is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two medals with a silver and a bronze .... |
canoe racing Canoe racing This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation .... |
Men's foil Foil (fencing) A foil is a type of weapon used in fencing. It is the most common weapon in terms of usage in competition, and is usually the choice for elementary classes for fencing in general.- Components:... team |
| 1982 | Jenő Pap Jenő Pap Jenő Pap is a Hungarian fencer. He competed in the team foil and épée events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.He was named Hungarian Sportsman of the year in 1982 for winning the individual épée event at that year's World Fencing Championships.-References:... |
fencing | Pálma Balogh | shooting Shooting sports A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event... |
Men's foil Foil (fencing) A foil is a type of weapon used in fencing. It is the most common weapon in terms of usage in competition, and is usually the choice for elementary classes for fencing in general.- Components:... team |
| 1983 | György Guczoghy | artistic gymnastic | Andrea Temesvári Andrea Temesvari Andrea Temesvári is a former professional tennis player once ranked as high as World No. 7. She won the Italian Open at sixteen, but injuries later hampered her career. She received the Most Improved Player Award by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. At the 1986 French Open she won the women's... |
tennis | Men's Modern pentathlon team |
| 1984 | Tamás Gáspár Tamás Gáspár Tamás Gáspár is a Hungarian wrestler and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-World championships:Gáspár received a silver medal at the 1981 FILA Wrestling World Championships in Oslo, and at the 1985 FILA Wrestling World Championships in Kolbotn... |
wrestling | Mária Ábrahám | bowling Bowling Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule... |
Men's equestrianism Equestrianism Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses... team |
| 1985 | Attila Mizsér Attila Mizsér Attila Mizsér is a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Attila Mizsér participated on the Hungarian team which won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.... |
moder pentathlon | Éva Fórián | shooting | Men's football team |
| 1986 | Tamás Darnyi Tamás Darnyi Tamás Darnyi is a Hungarian retired male swimmer. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest medley swimmers in history. He won four gold medals at two Olympic Games and was unbeaten in the individual medley events from 1985 until his retirement in 1993... |
swimming | Csilla Bátorfi Csilla Bátorfi Csilla Bátorfi is a Hungarian table tennis player. She competed at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004. She won several titles in European Championships.... |
table tennis | Men's handball team Hungary national handball team The Hungary national handball team is the national handball team that represents Hungary in the international matches. It is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation.-Olympic Games record:* 1936 - 4th* 1972 - 8th* 1976 - 6th* 1980 - 4th... |
| 1987 | Tamás Darnyi | swimming | Mariann Engrich | tae kwon do | Men's Modern pentathlon team |
| 1988 | Tamás Darnyi | swimming | Krisztina Egerszegi Krisztina Egerszegi Krisztina Egerszegi is a Hungarian former world record holding swimmer and one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era... |
swimming | Men's Modern pentathlon team |
| 1989 | László Fábián | modern pentathlon | Krisztina Egerszegi | swimming | Men's Modern pentathlon team |
| 1990 | Tamás Darnyi | swimming | Krisztina Egerszegi | swimming | Women's chess team |
| 1991 | István Kovács István Kovács István Kovács , nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra is a retired Hungarian boxer. As an amateur he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships... |
boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds... |
Krisztina Egerszegi | swimming | Men's K-4 (Horváth, Kammerer Zoltán Kammerer Zoltán Kammerer is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three gold medals .... , Storcz Botond Storcz Botond Storcz is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from 1997 to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics he won three gold medals .... , Vereckei Akos Vereckei Ákos Vereckei is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s... ) |
| 1992 | Tamás Darnyi | swimming | Krisztina Egerszegi | swimming | Women's K-4 (Czigány Kinga Czigány Kinga Czigány is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992.... , Dónusz Éva Dónusz Éva Dónusz is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two medals at Barcelona in 1992 with a gold in the K-4 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events.Dónusz also won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World... , Kőbán Rita Köbán Rita Kőbán is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from 1985 to 2000. Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won six medals with two golds , three silvers , and one bronze .Kőbán has also been very successful in... , Mészáros Erika Mészáros Erika Mészáros is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s... ) |
| 1993 | Antal Kovács Antal Kovács Antal Kovács is a Hungarian judoka.He was elected Hungarian Sportsman of The Year in 1993 for winning a gold medal at that year's World Judo Championships.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com... |
judo Judo is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an... |
Krisztina Egerszegi | swimming | Men's water polo team |
| 1994 | Norbert Rózsa Norbert Rózsa Norbert Rózsa is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who competed at three consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona... |
swimming | Rita Kőbán Rita Köbán Rita Kőbán is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from 1985 to 2000. Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won six medals with two golds , three silvers , and one bronze .Kőbán has also been very successful in... |
canoe racing | Women's water polo team Hungary women's national water polo team The Hungary women's national water polo team represents Hungary in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the early 1990s, claiming the world title at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy.-Olympic... |
| 1995 | Imre Pulai Imre Pulai Imre Pulai is a Hungarian sprint canoer, who won two Olympic medals in the Canadian canoeing event, including a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with teammate Ferenc Novák.... |
canoe racing | Rita Kőbán | canoe racing | Men's C-2 (Csaba Horváth Csaba Horváth Csaba Horváth is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won two medals with teammate György Kolonics... & György Kolonics György Kolonics György Kolonics , nicknamed Kolo, was a Hungarian sprint canoer who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics... ) |
| 1996 | István Kovács | boxing | Krisztina Egerszegi | swimming | Men's C-2 (Csaba Horváth & György Kolonics) |
| 1997 | Botond Storcz Botond Storcz Botond Storcz is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from 1997 to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics he won three gold medals .... |
canoe racing | Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács is a former Hungarian swimmer. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in 200 m breaststroke.... |
swimming | Men's water polo team |
| 1998 | Tibor Gécsek Tibor Gécsek Tibor Gécsek is a retired male hammer thrower from Hungary. Gécsek is of Hungarian Slovenian descent.... |
hammer throw | Ágnes Kovács | swimming | Men's Team épée |
| 1999 | Gábor Balogh Gábor Balogh Gábor Balogh is a former Hungarian modern pentathlete who won silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.... |
modern pentathlon | Ágnes Kovács | swimming | Men's water polo team |
| 2000 | Szilveszter Csollány Szilveszter Csollány Szilveszter Csollány is a former gymnast from Hungary.He won gold in the men's rings at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with a score of 9.85. This achievement earned him the title 2000 Hungarian Sportsman of the year... |
artistic gymnastic | Ágnes Kovács | swimming | Men's water polo team |
| 2001 | Gábor Balogh | modern pentathlon | Gyöngyi Likerecz Gyöngyi Likerecz Gyöngyi Likerecz is a retired female weightlifter from Hungary. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics in the women's heavyweight division... |
weightlifting Powerlifting Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman... |
rowing, men's double sculls (Ákos Haller Ákos Haller Ákos Haller is an Hungarian rower.-References:... & Tibor Pető Tibor Peto Peto Tiber is a Hungarian rower. -References:... ) |
| 2002 | Szilveszter Csollány | artistic gymnastic | Katalin Kovács Katalin Kovács Katalin Kovács is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since 1997. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won six medals with two golds and four silvers .Kovács also won a record 40 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships including 31 golds Katalin Kovács (born 29 February 1976... |
canoe racing | rowing, men's double sculls (Ákos Haller Ákos Haller Ákos Haller is an Hungarian rower.-References:... & Tibor Pető Tibor Peto Peto Tiber is a Hungarian rower. -References:... ) |
| 2003 | Adrián Annus Adrián Annus Adrián Annus is a Hungarian hammer thrower, who was stripped of his gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens for a doping violation in a highly publicized scandal... |
hammer throw | Katalin Kovács | canoe racing | Men's water polo team |
| 2004 | István Majoros István Majoros István Majoros is a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Career:Majoros competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class... |
wrestling | Natasa Janics Natasa Janics Nataša Janić is a Hungarian sprint canoer with a Serbian background, who won two Olympic gold medals in the sprint canoe events at the 2004 Summer Olympics and another gold and silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
canoe racing | Men's water polo team |
| 2005 | Ákos Braun Ákos Braun Ákos Braun is a Hungarian judoka.He was named Hungarian Sportsman of the Year for winning gold medals at that year's World and European Championships.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com... |
judo | Zsuzsanna Vörös Zsuzsanna Vörös Zsuzsanna Vörös is a retired Hungarian modern pentathlete who won gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece... |
modern pentathlon | Women's K-2 (Natasa Janics Natasa Janics Nataša Janić is a Hungarian sprint canoer with a Serbian background, who won two Olympic gold medals in the sprint canoe events at the 2004 Summer Olympics and another gold and silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics... & Katalin Kovács Katalin Kovács Katalin Kovács is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since 1997. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won six medals with two golds and four silvers .Kovács also won a record 40 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships including 31 golds Katalin Kovács (born 29 February 1976... ) |
| 2006 | László Cseh László Cseh László Cseh , is a four-time Olympic medalist Hungarian swimmer.-Personal:Cseh has competed in swimming from an early age, and has won numerous Hungarian swimming events. Cseh is coached by György Turi and Zoltán Nemes... |
swimming | Tímea Nagy Tímea Nagy Tímea Nagy is a Hungarian fencer who has won two Olympic gold medals in Individual Épée. She is left-handed, and became world champion in the épée discipline at the 2006 World Fencing Championships... |
fencing | Women's K-2 (Natasa Janics & Katalin Kovács) |
| 2007 | Gábor Talmácsi Gábor Talmácsi Gábor Talmácsi is a professional motorcycle racer. He was the 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing 125cc World Champion, and he is thus the first Hungarian to win a road racing World Championship... |
motorcycle racing | Ágnes Szávay Ágnes Szávay Ágnes Szávay is a professional tennis player from Hungary. She is the country's highest ranked tennis player. She was the WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2007. She achieved her career high ranking of World No. 13 on April 14, 2008.- Background :... |
tennis | Men's Team épée |
| 2008 | Attila Vajda Attila Vajda Attila Vajda is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he has won two medals in the C-1 1000 m event with a gold in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.... |
canoe racing | Ildikó Mincza-Nébald Ildikó Mincza-Nébald Ildikó Mincza-Nébald is a Hungarian épée fencer.Mincza-Nébald won the bronze medal in the individual épée event at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, losing the semi-final 14-15 to Ana Maria Brânză and winning 15-11 against Li Na in the play-off for third place... |
fencing | Men's water polo team |
| 2009 | Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008... |
swimming | Katinka Hosszú Katinka Hosszú Katinka Hosszú is a female Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008.- Swimming career :... |
swimming | Men's U-20 football team Hungary national under-21 football team The Hungary national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team for Hungary and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation.Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the Hungarian Under-21 team was formed... |
| 2010 | Krisztián Berki Krisztián Berki Krisztián Berki is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. He is a pommel horse specialist.He is 2010 and 2011 World gold medalist and 2007, 2009 World silver medalist. He is also the 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 European Champion on that event. He won the Universiade 2009 in Belgrade... |
artistic gymnastics | Natasa Janics | canoe racing | Women's K-2 (Natasa Janics & Katalin Kovács) |
Individual winners of more than three titles
| Name | Sport | Number of titles |
|---|---|---|
| Krisztina Egerszegi Krisztina Egerszegi Krisztina Egerszegi is a Hungarian former world record holding swimmer and one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era... |
swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
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| Tamás Darnyi Tamás Darnyi Tamás Darnyi is a Hungarian retired male swimmer. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest medley swimmers in history. He won four gold medals at two Olympic Games and was unbeaten in the individual medley events from 1985 until his retirement in 1993... |
swimming | 5 |
| Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács is a former Hungarian swimmer. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in 200 m breaststroke.... |
swimming | 4 |
| András Balczó András Balczó András Balczó is a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Balczó participated on the Hungarian team which won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome... |
modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run... |
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| Andrea Gyarmati Andrea Gyarmati Andrea Gyarmati is a Hungarian retired female swimmer. She won two medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.... |
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| Zoltán Magyar Zoltan Magyar Zoltán Magyar was the premier pommel horse gymnast in the world in the 1970s... |
gymnastics Gymnastics Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body... |
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| Jenőné Pap | rowing Rowing (sport) Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water... |
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Coach/President of the Year (since 1985/1995)
| Year | Coach of the Year | Sport | President of the Year | Sport |
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| 1985 | György Mezey György Mezey György Mezey is a former Hungarian football player and coach.He was the coach of the Hungary national football team from 1983 to 1986, leading the team to the 1986 FIFA World Cup. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup he was part of FIFA's Technical Study Group.-Sources:* Ki kicsoda a magyar... |
football Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball... |
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| 1986 | Tamás Széchy | swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
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| 1987 | Tamás Széchy | swimming | - | - |
| 1988 | Tamás Széchy | swimming | - | - |
| 1989 | Ferenc Török Ferenc Török Ferenc Török is a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Ferenc Török received an individual gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and a bronze medal with the Hungarian team... |
modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run... |
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| 1990 | Tamás Széchy | swimming | - | - |
| 1991 | László Kiss | swimming | - | - |
| 1992 | László Kiss | swimming | - | - |
| 1993 | László Kiss | swimming | - | - |
| 1994 | Tamás Széchy | swimming | - | - |
| 1995 | Róbert Ludasi | canoe racing Canoe racing This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation .... |
Vilmos Vajda | canoe racing Canoe racing This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation .... (MKKSZ) |
| 1996 | László Kiss | swimming | Tamás Széchy | swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... (MÚSZ) |
| 1997 | László Kiss | swimming | Imre Szántó | boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds... (MÖSZ) |
| 1998 | Pál Németh Pál Németh Pál Németh was a Hungarian sportsperson and later coach in hammer throwing.Born in Szentkirály, he was the son of athletics coach László Németh. During his own sporting career, Pál Németh played volleyball and basketball, both in the highest Hungarian league... |
athletics | Zoltán Angyal Zoltán Angyal Zoltán Angyal is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1973 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Tampere.-References:**... |
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| 1999 | László Kiss | swimming | Dénes Kemény Dénes Kemény Dénes Kemény is a former Hungarian water polo player and present trainer and president of the Hungarian National Men Water Polo Team since 1997.... |
Men's water polo Water polo Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a... |
| 2000 | Nándor Sári | kayak racing | Dénes Kemény | Men's water polo |
| 2001 | Katalin Rozsnyói Katalin Rozsnyói Katalin Rozsnyói is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. She won a silver medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.-References:*... |
canoe racing | Zoltán Angyal | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 2002 | Katalin Rozsnyói | canoe racing | Zoltán Angyal | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 2003 | Katalin Rozsnyói | canoe racing | Dénes Kemény | Men's water polo |
| 2004 | Katalin Rozsnyói | canoe racing | Dénes Kemény | Men's water polo |
| 2005 | Katalin Rozsnyói | canoe racing | Tamás Faragó Tamás Faragó Tamás Faragó is a former water polo player from Hungary, who competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972.... |
Women's water polo |
| 2006 | Katalin Rozsnyói | canoe racing | Zoltán Angyal | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 2007 | Zoltán Kuhárszky Zoltan Kuharszky Zoltán Kuharszky is a former Hungarian tennis player who became a Swiss citizen in 1995. Kuharszky won 2 doubles titles during his professional career... |
tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
Zoltán Angyal | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 2008 | György Turi | swimming | Dénes Kemény | Men's water polo |
| 2009 | Lajos Mocsai | handball Team handball Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team... |
Sándor Egervári Sandor Egervari Sándor Egervári, He attended University of Physical Education, in Budapest and qualified as a football coach in 1983. He has since gone on to obtain the UEFA A and B course, as well as the Pro license course. He is one of the best known names in football management, in Hungary today... |
Men's U-20 football |
| 2010 | István Kovács | artistic gymnastics | László Kiss | swimming (MÚSZ) |