Béla Komjádi

Béla Komjádi (1892–1933; known as Béla Bácsi (Uncle Béla) by his players) was a Hungarian water polo player and coach.[1][2][3]

Early life

He was Jewish, and was born in Budapest, Hungary.[1][2][4][5][6]

Water polo coaching career

He coached the Hungary men's national water polo team, and his Hungarian water polo teams won five gold medals at Olympic Games.[1] They also won the 1932 world championship, and the 1926, 1927, and 1931 European Championships.[7]

He died in 1933, while playing water polo, at the age of 41.[7]

In 1976, a new Olympic swimming pool on the Buda bank in Budapest was named the Bela Komjadi Pool, after him.[2][8]

Halls of Fame

He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Jewish quarterly. Jewish Literary Trust. 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Kinga Frojimovics, Géza Komoróczy (1999). Jewish Budapest: monuments, rites, history. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ Paul Yogi Mayer (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  4. ↑ Andrew Handler (1985). From the ghetto to the games: Jewish athletes in Hungary. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  5. ↑ Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver (1965), Encyclopedia of Jews in sports, retrieved August 15, 2011
  6. ↑ "Bela Komjadi". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Bela Komjadi (HUN) – 1995 Pioneer Water Polo Player". ISHOF. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  8. ↑ Hungarian review. 1976. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Komjadi, Bela". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
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