Újpesti TE
Encyclopedia
Újpesti Torna Egylet is a Hungarian
sports society, based in Újpest
, Budapest
. The club, which was founded in 1885, includes sports sections that represent the club at ice hockey
, water polo, women's volleyball, athletics, wrestling, judo, mud wrestling, flatwater canoeing/kayaking, karate, youth football, boxing, modern pentathlon, shooting, gymnastics, triathlon, swimming, fencing and there is even a leisure section and also a section for the club's fans called 'circle of friends' (baráti kör).
The football team Újpest FC
is also a part of the Újpesti TE family.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
sports society, based in Újpest
Újpest
Újpest may refer to:*Újpest, a district of Budapest, Hungary.*Újpest FC, a football team based in Újpest....
, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. The club, which was founded in 1885, includes sports sections that represent the club at ice hockey
Újpesti TE (ice hockey)
Újpesti Torna Egylet jégkorong szakosztály is a ice hockey club from Újpest, Budapest, Hungary. Újpesti TE is one of the sport clubs in Hungary that are part of Újpesti TE sport society. The Club was founded in 1885, while the ice hockey department was founded in 1930 and refounded in 1955...
, water polo, women's volleyball, athletics, wrestling, judo, mud wrestling, flatwater canoeing/kayaking, karate, youth football, boxing, modern pentathlon, shooting, gymnastics, triathlon, swimming, fencing and there is even a leisure section and also a section for the club's fans called 'circle of friends' (baráti kör).
The football team Újpest FC
Újpest FC
Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...
is also a part of the Újpesti TE family.
Famous sportsmen
- Endre KabosEndre KabosEndre Kabos , born in Nagyvárad, Hungary, was a Hungarian sabre fencer.-Fencing career:Kabos began fencing after receiving a fencing outfit as a birthday present. Although he hid the outfit in his wardrobe, a friend found it and teased him. The following day, he enrolled in a fencing club just to...
- Olivér HalassyOlivér HalassyOlivér Halassy was a Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....
- János NémethJános NémethJános Németh was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....
- István BartaIstván BartaIstván Barta was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, and in the 1932 Summer Olympics....
- Ildikó RejtőIldiko Uslaky-RejtoeIldikó Újlaky-Rejtő was a Hungarian foil fencer.- Fencing career :She began fencing at age 15. She was deaf. Her coaches communicated with her by writing instructions on paper, which they gave to her between training sessions...
- Ágnes KeletiÁgnes KeletiÁgnes Keleti is a retired Hungarian artistic gymnast. The winner of 10 Olympic medals including five gold medals, she is considered to be one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time. She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-Career:Keleti is Jewish, and...
- Gyula ZsivótzkyGyula ZsivótzkyGyula 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...
- Tamás DarnyiTamás DarnyiTamás 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...
- Károly KárpátiKároly KárpátiKároly Kárpáti was a Jewish Hungarian Olympic wrestling champion.-Career:He won a gold medal in 1936 in the Lightweight Freestyle class...
- Kálmán SóváriKálmán Sóvári (wrestler)Kálmán Sóvári was a Hungarian wrestler who competed in two Olympic games in 1936 and 1948. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Men's Freestyle Welterweight, but did not win a medal. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he participated in the same event and placed 5th...
- Dezső GyarmatiDezso GyarmatiDezső Gyarmati is a former Hungarian water polo player and three times Olympic champion, and also a former coach of the Hungarian national water polo team.-Player career:...
- Norbert NövényiNorbert NövényiNorbert Nottny Növényi is a Hungarian light heavyweight wrestling Olympic champion of the 1980 Summer Olympics, two times kick-boxing world champion and currently an actor in Hungary...
- Krisztián BerkiKrisztián BerkiKrisztián 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...