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Alajos Szokolyi

1871 - 1932

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Alajos János Szokolyi (also referred to as Alajos Szokoly, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɒlɒjoʃ ˈsokoji]; Slovak: Alojz Sokol; 19 June 1871 – 9 September 1932) was a Hungarian athlete, sports organizer, sports manager, archivist and physician. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal in 100 metres dash. In the same year he also won the first ever edition of the Hungarian Athletics Championships in 100 yards dash. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alajos Szokolyi is the 66th most popular athlete (up from 130th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 76th in 2019) and the most popular Slovak Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alajos Szokolyi ranks 66 out of 6,025. Before him are Lasse Virén, Charles Bennett, Ville Ritola, Wallace, Yuriy Sedykh, and Patrick Ryan. After him are Hubert Van Innis, Marina Doria, Zoltán Horváth, Jim Lightbody, Ibolya Csák, and Frederick Schule.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Alajos Szokolyi ranks 42. Before him are Princess Hélène of Orléans, Walter Bradford Cannon, Gerardo Machado, Christian Morgenstern, Zhang Jinghui, and Jack Butler Yeats. After him are William McDougall, Meletius IV of Constantinople, Stephen Crane, Fritz Hofmann, Hanns Heinz Ewers, and Guillermo Kahlo. Among people deceased in 1932, Alajos Szokolyi ranks 39. Before him are Émile Friant, Ottokar Czernin, Georg Kerschensteiner, Guillaume Bigourdan, Johannes Schober, and Ahmed Shawqi. After him are Ramon Casas, Tomáš Baťa, René-Louis Baire, Alexander Grin, José Félix Uriburu, and Harriet Backer.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Alajos Szokolyi ranks 56 out of 418. Before him are Vazul (1000), Franz Schmidt (1874), Ján Popluhár (1935), Peter Pellegrini (1975), Jan Kupecký (1667), and Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1833). After him are Matthew III Csák (1260), Jozef Tomko (1924), Barbara Zápolya (1495), Jozef Adamec (1942), Mikuláš Dzurinda (1956), and Bálint Balassi (1554).

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Among ATHLETES In Slovakia

Among athletes born in Slovakia, Alajos Szokolyi ranks 1. After him are Vladimír Dzurilla (1942), Imre Németh (1917), Pavel Schmidt (1930), József Csermák (1932), Ferenc Sidó (1923), Béla Szepes (1903), Imrich Bugár (1955), Jozef Pribilinec (1960), Dušan Pašek (1960), Michal Martikán (1979), and Pavol Hochschorner (1979).

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