Awarded Ybl Miklós Prize (2010).
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Alfréd Hajós
Alfréd Hajós was a Hungarian swimmer, football (soccer) player, referee, manager, and career architect. He was the first modern Olympic swimming champion and the first Olympic champion of Hungary. Formerly excelling in track including discus and hurdles, he was part of the first National European football/soccer team fielded by Hungary in 1902, later serving as a referee as well as the manager and…
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culture · Hungarian swimmer and architect · association football player · architect · journalist · association football referee · athletics competitor · swimmer · association football coach · also Alfréd Hajós, Alfréd Guttmann, Alfred Hajos, Alfred Guttmann, Hajós
Born 1 February 1878 · Died 12 November 1955 · Q313443
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2010· 2 entries
Hajós posthumously was awarded the Ybl Miklós Prize, the greatest honor bestowed upon architects in Hungary
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2006· 2 entries
Swimming World: Alfred Hajos…Revisited
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Swimming World: This Week in Aquatic Swim History – ALFRED HAJOS … Ever Heard of Him?
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1981· 1 entry
Was also made a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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1955· 1 entry
Died 1955-11-12.
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1953· 1 entry
The International Olympic Committee awarded him the Olympic diploma of merit
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1930· 1 entry
And used for the 1958, 2006 and 2010 European Aquatics Championships, and the 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
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1924· 1 entry
Hajós, an architect specializing in sport facilities, entered the art competitions at the Paris Olympic Games
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1902· 1 entry
Later serving as a referee as well as the manager and coach of the national football team
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1899· 1 entry
Originally had a partner, but became independent after the first World War
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1898· 1 entry
As well as the National 400 metre hurdles and discus titles
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1897· 1 entry
Played for Budapesti TC (1897–1907).
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1896· 1 entry
Hajós was an architecture student at the Royal Joseph Technical University in Hungary when the Athens Games took place
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1878· 1 entry
Born 1878-02-01.
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