Béla Komjádi Explained
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]
Early life
He was Jewish, and was born in Budapest, Hungary.[1] [2] [4] [5]
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.[6]
He died in 1933, while playing water polo, at the age of 41.[6]
In 1976, a new Olympic swimming pool on the Buda bank in Budapest was named the Bela Komjadi Pool, after him.[2] [7]
Halls of Fame
He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[8]
See also
Notes and References
- Book: The Jewish quarterly . Jewish Literary Trust . 1992. August 15, 2011.
- Book: Jewish Budapest: monuments, rites, history . 1999. Kinga Frojimovics . Géza Komoróczy . Central European University Press . 9789639116375 . August 15, 2011.
- Book: Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities . 2004. Paul Yogi Mayer . Vallentine Mitchell . 9780853035169 . August 15, 2011.
- Book: From the ghetto to the games: Jewish athletes in Hungary . Andrew Handler. 1985 . East European Monographs . 9780880330855 . August 15, 2011.
- Web site: Bela Komjadi . Jewishsports.net . August 15, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101226190055/http://jewishsports.net/BioPages/BelaKomjadi.htm . December 26, 2010 . dead .
- Web site: Bela Komjadi (HUN) . . 23 May 2020 .
- Book: Hungarian review . 1976 . August 15, 2011.
- Web site: Komjadi, Bela . Jewsinsports.org . August 15, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224110/http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=52 . March 3, 2016 . dead .
