Vojtech Neményi
 Czechoslovak water polo team at the 1924 Olympics. Vojtech Neményi standing 3rd from left. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Béla |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Born | 1 August 1899 Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (today Košice, Slovakia) |
| Died | 7 April 1945 (aged 45) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Czechoslovakia |
| Sport | Water polo, swimming |
| Club | KAC Košice (until 1923, 1925-1930) APK Praha (1923-25) |
| Coached by | Ľudovít Stahl |
Vojtech Neményi (1 August 1899 – 7 April 1945) was a Olympic Slovak water polo player and swimmer.[1] He represented Czechoslovakia, and competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2]
Biography
[edit]Vojtech Neményi was born in 1899, in Košice into the family of an East Slovak lawyer and sports official of Jewish origin, Dr. Vilmos Neményi.[3] He started playing sports together with his younger brother Gejza in the Košice club Kassai Atléticai Club (KAC). The KAC club was a member of Hungarian sports associations until 1923, when the Slovak county Czechoslovak amateur swimming association was established.
After the First World War, he studied technology in Prague and from 1923 transferred to the Prague swimming club APK Praha. As a member of APK, he competed in 1924 with the water polo players representative team at the Olympic Games in Paris. After finishing his studies in 1925, he returned to Košice, where he did business in the automobile industry.
He died under unclear circumstances in the first half of 1945.[4] According to one version, he was killed while escaping from a transport to concentration camp Engerau.[5] He is buried in the cemetery in Petržalka.[6]
Honours
[edit]Slovak Championship
[edit]- 1920 — 1st place[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Vojtech Neményi". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vojtech Neményi Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Archiv Univerzity Karlovy, fond Matriky Německé univerzity v Praze, inventární číslo 3, Matrika doktorů německé Karlo-Ferdinandovy univerzity v Praze / Německé univerzity v Praze (1904–1924), strana 882". Archiv Univerzity Karlovy. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Vojtech Neményi". Yad Vashem. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Bučka Peter (2016). "Sportovci židovského původu na olympijských hrách v barvách československé trikolóry". Židovské listy.
- ^ Ladislav Barabás. "Grave of Vojtech Neményi". Society for military memorials. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Prvorepublikové športové plávanie
External links
[edit]- Vojtech Neményi at Olympedia
- Vojtech Neményi at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
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