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Did you know...as of 2016, Hungary ranks 8th in the world in medals at the Summer Olympic Games despite its being torn apart after WWI and losing half her population and 2/3 of her territory. This does not include an additional 6 medals won in the Winter Olympics nor the Hungarians that won medals as nationals of other countries after borders were redrawn or after large-scale emigration.
The beginnings of the Olympic movement in Hungary go back further than the Games in Athens. Ferenc Kemeny, a great pacifist and member of the International Peace Bureau, was one of Pierre de Coubertin's first kindred spirits, with whom he struck up a friendship in the 1880's. Kemeny took an active part in the Congress for the re-establishment of the Games held in Paris in 1894 and was one of the founding members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coubertin supported Kemeny's suggestion to hold the first Olympics in Budapest in 1896 in honor of Hungary's 1000 years of statehood. While the dream of hosting an Olympics is not yet realized, Hungary has won more Olympic medals than any other nation that has never hosted the Games. Hungary in the Olympics - Select a Year: |
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One of the greatest fencers in Olympic history... Fuchs competed in only two Olympiads for Hungary, but won every competition he entered. At the 1908 London Games, had only one touch against him in the finals. In the team competition, Fuchs led Hungary to gold with victories over Germany (9-0), Italy (11-5), and Bohemia (9-7).
Prokopp was one of the big surprises of the Olympics taking gold in shooting. In 1908 he finished 43rd in the 300 metre free rifle competition. Four years later at the 1912 Stockholm Games he won the gold medal in the 300 metre military rifle, three positions event. WWI interrupted the 1916 Olympics and Hungary (who had been promised the Games in Budapest), was not invited to the 1920 Games in Antwerp. Sandor Prokopp competed in the 1924 Paris Olympics where, after the lengthy hiatus, he did not perform to the level of 12 years earlier, not placing in any of his events. In 1990, based on his birthplace, the Slovak Olympic Committee now claims him as a "Slovak" Olympic Champion. --- Kassáról települt át a család Budapestre, ahol a Pesti Tudományegyetem Jogtudományi Karán tanult és szerzett jogi doktorátust. A BEAC-ban kezdte a sportlövészetet. Már az 1908-as londoni olimpián is indult, de helyezést nem ért el. Az 1912-es stockholmi olimpiai játékokon eredetileg tartalék lett volna, de Hammersberg Géza lemondása után Prokoppot indították, aki félig önköltségesen indult a svéd fővárosba. A 300 m-es hadipuska fekvő számában indult, nagy meglepetésként (felkészülését egy pestszentlőrinci étteremben végezte) az amerikai Osburn és a norvég Skogan előtt, tíz lövés után elért 97 pontos eredménnyel megszerezte az olimpiai aranyérmet. Pályafutása során 1913-ban csapata színeiben csapatbajnokságot nyert hadipuskában. 1924-ig volt a magyar sportlövő-válogatott tagja. Az aktív versenyzéstől történt visszavonulása után szakmájában helyezkedett el, Budapest Székesfőváros jegyzőjeként dolgozott. Az 1990-es évektől a Szlovák Olimpiai Bizottság Prokoppot kassai születése folytán szlovák olimpiai bajnokként vezeti. Unokája Prokopp Dóra televíziós műsorvezető, újságíró. |
1912 Stockholm Olympic Highlights
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