Team Hungary - Profile

Highlights:

@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
Competed with a team of 18 athletes (eight men, 10 women) in six sports: Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, short track speed skating, and speed skating.

Hungary won one gold in the men's short track speed skating relay, the nation's first gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 MEDALS
Short Track Speed Skating: 1 (1-0-0)
Total: 1 (1-0-0)

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Konrad Nagy (SSK)
Closing Ceremony: Flag carried by a POCOG volunteer

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
Hungary attended the first Olympic Games at Athens 1896, as it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A National Olympic Committee was formed in Hungary in 1895 by Dr. Ferenc Kemeny, one of the founding members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Hungary has missed only the Olympic Games at Antwerp 1920 and Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games.

Hungary has competed at every Olympic Winter Games from 1924 to 2018, winning seven Winter Olympic medals, but never more than one at a single Games. The first six medals were won in pairs figure skating. In 2018, Hungary's men's short track speed skating relay team won its first gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games.

Hungary has won 518 Olympic medals, including 182 gold - the most medals and gold medals won by a nation that has not yet hosted an Olympic Games.

The country has been successful in a variety of sports, but by far its greatest honours have come in fencing. Between 1908 and 1960 it was the dominant nation in sabre fencing, winning nine of 11 team titles and 10 of 11 individual titles.

Two Hungarian Olympians have won 10 medals: Agnes Keleti in gymnastics and Aladar Gerevich in fencing. Gerevich won seven gold medals, while three Hungarians have won six gold medals: Pal Kovacs and Rudolf Karpati, both in fencing, and Danuta Kozak in sprint canoeing.

MILESTONES

First Competitor, Female: Olga Orgonista (12 February 1932) - 1932 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - 4th
First Competitor, Female: Emilia Rotter (12 February 1932) - 1932 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - Bronze
First Competitor, Male: Ferenc Nemeth (30 January 1924) - 1924 - Cross-Country Skiing (50km) - 20th

Youngest Competitor, Female: Krisztina Czako (13y-064d) - 1992 - Figure Skating (Singles) - 23rd
Youngest Competitor, Male: Viktor Knoch (16y-061d) - 2006 - Short Track Speed Skating (1500m) - 5th

Oldest Competitor, Female: Agnes Simon (39y-142d) - 2014 - Cross-Country Skiing (10km Classical) - 66th
Oldest Competitor, Male: Bela Ordody (48y-029d) - 1928 - Ice Hockey - 11th

First Medallist, Female: Emilia Rotter (12 February 1932) - 1932 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - Bronze
First Medallist, Male: Laszlo Szollas (12 February 1932) - 1932 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - Bronze

First Gold Medallist, Male: Team (22 February 2018) - 2018 - Short Track Speed Skating (5000m Relay) - Gold

Youngest Medallist, Female: Andrea Kekesy (21y-143d) - 1948 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - Silver
Youngest Medallist, Male: Shaoang Liu (19y-345d) - 2018 - Short Track Speed Skating (5000m Relay) - Gold

Youngest Gold Medallist, Male: Shaoang Liu (19y-345d) - 2018 - Short Track Speed Skating (5000m Relay) - Gold

Oldest Medallist, Female: Emilia Rotter (29y-158d) - 1936 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - Bronze
Oldest Medallist, Male: Laszlo Nagy (28y-174d) - 1956 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - Bronze

Oldest Gold Medallist, Male: Viktor Knoch (28y-071d) - 2018 - Short Track Speed Skating (5000m Relay) - Gold

Most Medals, Female: Marianna Nagy (2 | 0-0-2) - Figure Skating
Most Medals, Female: Emilia Rotter (2 | 0-0-2) - Figure Skating
Most Medals, Male: Laszlo Nagy (2 | 0-0-2) - Figure Skating
Most Medals, Male: Laszlo Szollas (2 | 0-0-2) - Figure Skating

Most Gold Medals, Male: Csaba Burjan (1) - Short Track Speed Skating
Most Gold Medals, Male: Viktor Knoch (1) - Short Track Speed Skating
Most Gold Medals, Male: Sandor Liu (1) - Short Track Speed Skating
Most Gold Medals, Male: Liu Shaoang (1) - Short Track Speed Skating

Additional Information:

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Anthem Title: Himnusz (Hymn)

Anthem Composer: Music: Ferenc Erkel, Lyrics: Ferenc Kolcsey

Anthem Inducted: 1844

Founding Date: 1895

IOC Recognition Date: 1895

Delegation President: Krisztian Kulcsar

Delegation Secretary General: Balint Vekassy

IOC Members: Current:
Pal Schmitt (entry into IOC: 1983)
Daniel Gyurta (entry into IOC: 2016)

Former:
Ferenc Kemeny (1894-1907)
Geza, Count Andrassy (1907-1938)
Gyula von Muzsa (1909-1946)
Miklos von Horthy (1939-1948)
Ferenc Mezo (1948-1961)
Arpad Csanadi (1964-1983)
Tamas Ajan (2000-2009)

First OG/PG Appearance: 1924

Number OG/PG Appearances: 23

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