Hungarian water polo player and coach
Béla Komjádi
Born (1892-03-15 ) March 15, 1892Budapest , HungaryDied March 5, 1933(1933-03-05) (aged 40) Sport Water polo
Grave of Béla Komjádi at Jewish Kozma Street Cemetery in Budapest 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] [ 6]
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.[ 7]
He died in 1933, while playing water polo, at the age of 41.[ 7]
In 1976, a new Olympic swimming pool on the Buda bank in Budapest was named the Bela Komjadi Pool, after him.[ 2] [ 8]
Halls of Fame
He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame , and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame .[ 9]
See also
References
^ a b The Jewish quarterly . Retrieved August 15, 2011 .^ a b c Kinga Frojimovics; Géza Komoróczy (1999). Jewish Budapest: monuments, rites, history ISBN 9789639116375 . Retrieved August 15, 2011 . ^ Paul Yogi Mayer (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities ISBN 9780853035169 . Retrieved August 15, 2011 . ^ Andrew Handler (1985). From the ghetto to the games: Jewish athletes in Hungary ISBN 9780880330855 . Retrieved August 15, 2011 . ^ Bernard Postal; Jesse Silver; Roy Silver (1965), Encyclopedia of Jews in sports , retrieved August 15, 2011 ^ "Bela Komjadi" . Jewishsports.net. Archived from the original on December 26, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2011 .^ a b "Bela Komjadi (HUN)" . ISHOF . Retrieved 23 May 2020 .^ Hungarian review . Retrieved August 15, 2011 .^ "Komjadi, Bela" . Jewsinsports.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2011 .
