All six of Hungary’s medals at the Olympic Winter Games have been won in figure skating. In 1932 Emilia Rotter and Laszlo Szollas won their nation’s first medal, bronze in the pairs event. Four years later in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, they repeated their bronze medal-winning performance.
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Silver
Bronze
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*Competing for USA and Canada
While there were a few 4th place finishes and exciting finals for athletes competing under the Hungarian Flag at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, Hungarian-American Ted Ligety brought home Gold for the United States becoming the first American to win TWO Gold Medals in Alpine Skiing. Hockey Goalkeeper Shannon Szabados makes 27 saves to help Canada win surprise Gold over the USA to repeat her amazing 2010 Gold-medal-winning performance.
Sochi 2014 Hungarian Participants:
Medal
Name
Event
Ted Ligety
Skiing – First Giant Slalom Gold for USA! His 2nd Gold!
Shannon Szabados
Hockey – Women’s Team Canada
4th
Rozsa Darazs
Speed Skating – Short Track
4th
Bence Beres
Speed Skating – 1000m
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Viktor Knoch
Speed Skating – 500m (qualified for Quarters with 2nd best time, but failed to reach final finishing 3rd, .226 behind China’s Wenhao Liang)
6th
Zsofia Konya
Speed Skating – 3000m Relay
6th
Szandra Lajtos
Speed Skating – 3000m Relay (She is competing 12 years after her previous Olympic appearance in 2002. This will equal the record for number of years between Olympic appearances by a short track skater as Canadian Marie-Eve Drolet will also achieve the same feat in Sochi)
6th
Andrea Keszler
Speed Skating – 3000m Relay (She won the 2009 European Championships in Torino)
6th
Bernadett Heidum
Speed Skating – 3000m Relay (She took silver in the overall competition at the 2011 European Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands. She was Hungary’s flag Bearer in Sochi)
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Zoltan Kelemen
Figure Skating (Competing for Rumania – He lost the sight in his right eye at age seven. Doctors have advised him not to compete, as there is a chance he could lose the sight in his left eye as well. At the beginning of each season he has to sign a form declaring that he is competing “on his own responsibility”.)
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Timea Sara
Skiathlon and Sprint (Competing for Rumania – She took up the sport at age eight and finished 13th in the 10km pursuit at the 2010 Junior World Championships in Hinterzarten, Germany.)
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Eva Tofalvi
Biathlon (Competing for Rumania – Her brothers Erno and Atilla were Romanian alpine skiers, while her younger sister Orsolya also competes for Romania in biathlon.)
We also congratulate the Hungarian Paralympians who earned an additional 14 medals (2 gold, 6 Silver, and 6 Bronze!)
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Ted Ligety and
Shannon Szabados
Ted Ligety – The first American to win two Gold Medals in Olympic Alpine Skiing
Known for pushing the boundaries of ski racing, Ted Ligety began skiing at age 2 in Park City Utah, and was racing by age 10 as a member of the Park City Ski Team.
Ted’s early achievements included his first World Cup in 2003 and a slalom silver at the 2004 Junior World Championships. At age 18, Ted became a member of the U.S. Ski Team. He is the first American to win two Gold Medals in Olympic Alpine Skiing and first American to win Gold in the Giant Slalom. Ted won the Gold at the combined event at 2006 Olympics in Turin and the giant slalom race at 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Ted Ligety is also a four-time World Cup champion in giant slalom (2008, 2010, 2011, and 2013) and Ligety won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2011 World Championships. He successfully defended his world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super G and a third gold medal in the super combined
He is also President of SHRED Optics, a line of cutting-edge goggles, sunglasses, and helmets.
Accomplishments
- Olympic Champion, Sochi, 2014
- Olympic Champion, Torino, 2006
- 3X Overall World Cup Giant Slalom champion, 2008, 2010, 2011
- Six-time U.S. Nationals champion
- World Champion, 2011
- World Championship Bronze, 2009
- 29 World Cup Podiums
- 11 World Cup Wins
- 1st place: World Cup Giant Slalom, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia 2010
- 1st place: World Cup Giant Slalom, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia 2009
- 1st place: World Cup Finals, Giant Slalom, Bormio, Italy, 2008
- 1st place: World Cup Giant Slalom, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, 2008
1st place: World Cup Giant Slalom, Yong Pyong, Korea, 2006
- [More on Wikipedia]
- [Ted Ligety] egy kicsit nekünk is nyerte az aranyat
Shannon Szabados – Two-time Olympic Gold Medal-Winning, Hockey Goalkeeping Phenom for Team Canada!
Shannon was born on August 6, 1986 and started playing hockey when she was 5 years old. She has played men’s hockey her entire career, with the exception of this season when she played full time with Canada’s Women’s Olympic Team.
As a 15 year old, she lead the AMHL north division with a 2.45 GAA and 9.14 sav%. After posting stats like that against guys 2 years older, she was called by the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League (WHL) and became the first and only female to play in the WHL and played her first game against the Vancouver Giants with Carey Price of the Montreal Canadians as her backup on the bench. She stopped 20 of 22 shots that game. She went on to play men’s University hockey at Grant MacEwan where she led her team to the league finals in 2008 and was named her team’s Most Valuable Player in 2009.
After 18 years of playing men’s hockey, she joined Team Canada to train for the 2010 Olympics where she did not disappoint. Shannon led Team Canada to a gold medal in what was quoted as “one of the greatest goaltending performances in the history of the women’s game.” She shut out the Americans 2-0 stopping all 28 shots. For her efforts, she was named to the Olympic All Star Team, and was also named the Olympic’s Top Goaltender. In 2014 at Sochi, she made 27 saves to help Canada repeat their Gold Medal-winning performance!
In 2006 Shannon began the Shannon Szabados Saves For The Cure Fundraiser to help in the fight against cancer. Shannon has sought out sponsors to donate money for every save made during the season. [Read more on her official site]