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Sándor Szalay (also Sándorral Szalay) (6 June 1893 – 5 April 1965) was a Hungarian
pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
. With partner Olga Orgonista, he was the 1930 and 1931 European Champion. They won two medals at the
World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...
, a bronze in 1929 and a silver in 1931. They placed 4th at the
1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February ...
. After the 1932
World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...
, Sándor and Olga retired. Sándor worked as a construction inspector in a rubber factory, and served as the president of the Hungarian Skating Federation from 1945 to 1950.


Results

(pairs with Olga Orgonista)


References

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Skatabase: 1932 Olympics Results


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Hungarian male pair skaters Olympic figure skaters for Hungary Figure skaters at the 1932 Winter Olympics 1893 births 1965 deaths World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists {{Hungary-figure-skating-bio-stub