László Vajda (figure skater)

Hungarian figure skater

László Vajda

Born|  (1954-05-16) 16 May 1954 (age 71)
Budapest, Hungary
Figure skating career
Country| Hungary
Skating club| BSE, Budapest

László Vajda (born 16 May 1954)[1] is a Hungarian former figure skater. He is a ten-time Hungarian national champion.[2] He placed in the top ten at five European Championships and at the 1975 World Championships. His best ISU Championship result, fifth, came at the 1975 Europeans in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Vajda served as Hungary's flag bearer at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. He placed tenth in the compulsory figures before withdrawing from the competition.[1]

Vajda has worked as a skating coach. One of his students was Zsolt Kerekes.[3]

14 times Jump Rope World Champion[4] Vivien Vajda is the daughter of László Vajda.

## Competitive highlights

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International

Event  | 1970  | 1971  | 1972  | 1973  | 1974  | 1975  | 1976  | 1977  | 1978  | 1979
Olympics |  |  |  |  |  |  | WD |  |  |
Worlds | 16th |  |  | 13th | 11th | 9th |  |  |  |
Europeans | 17th | 15th | 14th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 8th |  |  | 10th
National[2]
Hungarian | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st
WD: Withdrew

## References

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1. ^ a b "László Vajda". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
2. ^ a b "MŰKORCSOLYÁZÁS MAGYAR BAJNOKAI" [Hungarian figure skating champions] (in Hungarian). Hungarian National Skating Federation. 11 December 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
3. ^ Kerekes, Zsolt. "Skating: Amateur". zsoltadvice.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
4. ^ "Vivien Vajda: 14-time Jump Rope World Champion!". Opening Doorz. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2020-10-06.

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Hungarian figure skating champions (men's singles)

* 1900: Árpád Wein
* 1901: Tivadar Meszléri
* 1903: Jenő Márkus
* 1904–07: Sándor Urbáry
* 1908–10: Lily Kronberger
* 1911–12, 1914, 1922: Andor Szende
* 1924–26: Pál Jaross
* 1927–28: József Lápocsy
* 1929–32: Marcell Vadas
* 1933–36: Dénes Pataky
* 1937–39: Elemér Terták
* 1940: Kristóf Kállay
* 1941: Ede Király
* 1942–43: Kristóf Kállay
* 1944, 1946–50: Ede Király
* 1951–52: György Czakó
* 1953: István Szenes
* 1954: György Czakó
* 1955–56: István Szenes
* 1957: Miklós Kuharovicz
* 1958–59: Miklós Rácz
* 1960: Károly Ujlaky
* 1961: Jenő Ébert
* 1962: Károly Ujlaky
* 1963–68: Jenő Ébert
* 1969: Zoltán Horváth
* 1970–79: László Vajda
* 1980–81: István Simon
* 1982–84: András Száraz
* 1985: Imre Raábe
* 1986–90: András Száraz
* 1991: Péter Kovács
* 1992: Balázs Grenczer
* 1993: Szabolcs Vidrai
* 1994–95: Zsolt Kerekes
* 1996–2000: Szabolcs Vidrai
* 2001: Zoltán Tóth
* 2002: Bertalan Zákány
* 2003–06: Zoltán Tóth
* 2007–09: Tigran Vardanjan
* 2010: Márton Markó
* 2011: Tigran Vardanjan
* 2012–14: Márton Markó
* 2015: Kristóf Forgó
* 2016: Alexander Maszljanko
* 2017: Alexander Borovoj
* 2018: Alexander Maszljanko
* 2019: Alexander Borovoj
* 2020–22: András Csernoch
* 2023–25: Aleksandr Vlasenko

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