Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium
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The Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium is an aquatics complex located on
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.The facility has four floors, covers an area of about 80,000 square meters and has eight indoor and outdoor pools, including training pools, diving pools and competitive swimming pools both for short course and long course. The indoor swimming pool was built in 1930, off the plans of the renowned Hungarian swimmer and architect
Alfréd Hajós Alfréd Hajós (1 February 1878 – 12 November 1955) was a Hungarian swimmer, football (soccer) player, referee, manager, and career architect. He was the first modern Olympic swimming champion and the first Olympic champion of Hungary. Form ...
, of whom the centre takes its name after.
Eszter Pécsi Eszter Pécsi (March 8, 1898 – May 4, 1975) was the first female Hungarian architect and a structural engineer. She designed a number of iconic buildings in Hungary, Austria and America. Early life and education Eszter Pécsi was born Eszter ...
, Hungary's first female architect and structural engineer, designed the articulated reinforced concrete arches. The outdoor swimming pool and the diving facility were completed in 1937, and since then they have expanded and improved several times. Recently the facility was renovated before the 2006 European Championship, with an additional outdoor 50-meter pool and diving pool, named after
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. This brought the total number of indoor and outdoor pools up to 8 including an international standard diving platform for professional and amateur athletes. The Hajós Alfréd National Sports Club has hosted many world competitions and regularly hosts international water polo tournaments. The venue was the home of the
European Aquatics Championships The European Aquatics Championships is the continental Aquatic sports, Aquatics championship for Europe, which is organised by Ligue Européenne de Natation, LEN—the governing body for aquatics in Europe. The Championships are currently held eve ...
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2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship The 2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Budapest from 14–27 July 2014. Qualification There were 12 teams in the 2014 championships. They qualified as follows: * The host nation * The best five teams from the 2012 Europea ...
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2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship The 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held from 16 to 26 July 2014 in Budapest, Hungary. Spain won their first title by defeating the Netherlands 10-5 in the final. Hungary captured the bronze medal after a 10–9 win over Italy. ...
competitions.


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