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Ede Király

1926 - 2009

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Ede Király (23 February 1926 – 10 August 2009) was a Hungarian figure skater who competed both in men's singles and pairs. As a competitor in men's singles, he was a three-time World medalist (silver in 1949 and 1950, bronze in 1948), the 1950 European champion, and a six-time Hungarian national champion. Competing in pairs with Andrea Kékesy, he became the 1948 Olympic silver medalist, the 1949 World champion, and a two-time European champion (1948–1949). In 1950, he defected from Hungary and worked as a coach and engineer in Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ede Király is the 53rd most popular skater (down from 51st in 2019), the 529th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 511th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Ede Király ranks 53 out of 483. Before him are Tony Hawk, Lily Kronberger, Per Thorén, Emília Rotter, Jeannette Altwegg, and Andrée Brunet. After him are Ken Henry, Alexia Bryn, Trixi Schuba, Göran Claeson, Oleg Goncharenko, and Helga Haase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ede Király ranks 318. Before him are René Depestre, Edmund Purdom, Julius Katchen, Abdur Rahman Biswas, Hans Günter Winkler, and Fritz Stern. After him are Marcello Abbado, Pino Dordoni, Franco Faggi, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Bob Falkenburg, and Hakon Barfod. Among people deceased in 2009, Ede Király ranks 227. Before him are Knut Haugland, Edward Woodward, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Léon Glovacki, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, and Tullio Pinelli. After him are Paul Naschy, Ken Henry, Miroslav Filip, Alexis Argüello, Helen Suzman, and Veronika Dudarova.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ede Király ranks 529 out of 1,077. Before him are Ervin Mészáros (1877), Emília Rotter (1906), Imre Zachár (1890), Zoltán Magyar (1953), Gizella Farkas (1925), and Ferenc Karinthy (1921). After him are Vilmos Kohut (1906), Ferenc Csik (1913), Lajos Détári (1963), Tibor Csík (1927), István Nagy (1939), and András Adorján (1950).

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Among SKATERS In Hungary

Among skaters born in Hungary, Ede Király ranks 5. Before him are Andrea Kékesy (1926), Karol Divín (1936), Lily Kronberger (1890), and Emília Rotter (1906). After him are Marianna Nagy (1929), Emese Hunyady (1966), Júlia Sebestyén (1981), and Shaoang Liu (1998).

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