Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet Explained

Team:	Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet
Founded:	1869
City:	Budapest, Hungary
Colors:	Red, Yellow, Blue
President:	György Czakó
Website:	Official website

Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet (English: Budapest Skating Club, commonly abbreviated BKE) is a Budapest based ice skating sports association. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest of its kind in Hungary. They actively participate in competitive ice skating disciplines, such as figure skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating.

BKE also had an ice hockey team, which played their first official game in 1906, and won the Hungarian Championship title seven times.^[1]

Ice hockey team

Hungarian Championship:

• Winners: 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946

Notable players

• György Pásztor

Famous skaters

The following are ice skaters of the Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet, who participated at Winter Olympic Games,^[2] and/or won medals at the European Championships^[3] or World Championships.^[4]

Figure skating

Singles

• Tibor von Földváry
• Lily Kronberger
• Opika von Méray Horváth
• Andor Szende
• Elemér Terták
• Ede Király
• György Czakó
• Krisztina Czakó

Pairs

• Olga Orgonista – Sándor Szalay
• Emilia Rotter – László Szollás
• Lucy Galló – Rezső Dillinger
• Piroska Szekrényesy – Attila Szekrényesy
• Andrea Kékessy – Ede Király
• Marianna Nagy – László Nagy

Speed skating

• Kornél Pajor

Notes and References

1. Web site: Club profile. hockeyarenas.net. 15 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007215053/http://hockeyarenas.net/index.php3?page=4002&tmID=820&strSearch=BKE+Budapest. 7 October 2011. dead.
2. Web site: Winter Olympic Games. Budapest Skating Club official website. 15 December 2011.
3. Web site: European Championships. Budapest Skating Club official website. 15 December 2011.
4. Web site: World Championships. Budapest Skating Club official website. 15 December 2011.