Béla Komjádi

Béla Komjádi (15 March 1892 – 5 March 1933; known as Béla Bácsi (Uncle Béla) by his players) was a Hungarian water polo player and coach.[1][2][3]

Grave of Béla Komjádi at Jewish Kozma Street Cemetery in Budapest

Early life

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

Water polo coaching career

He helped Hungary form the men's national water polo team, including the non-medaling Olympic teams of 1912 and 1924, and the European Championship teams of 1926, 1927, and 1931, all of which won gold medals.[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]

See also

References
  1. The Jewish quarterly. Jewish Literary Trust. 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  2. 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. Archived from the original on December 26, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  7. "Bela Komjadi (HUN)". ISHOF. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  8. Hungarian review. 1976. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  9. "Komjadi, Bela". Jewsinsports.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
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