Attila Szekrényessy (20 January 1913 – 21 January 1995) 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 ...

who competed with his sister Piroska Szekrényessy. He was born in

Budapest, Hungary Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

and died in

Gyöngyös Gyöngyös is a town in Heves County, Hungary, beside of the Gyöngyös creek, under the Mátra mountain ranges. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 27,957 (see Demographics). The town is located 8.4 km from the M3 motorway and 80.8 km ...

. He and his sister were six-time gold medalists at the

Hungarian Figure Skating Championships The Hungarian Figure Skating Championships are held annually to crown the national champions of Hungary. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not ever ...

. The pair finished fourth at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Ger ...

and won the bronze medal at the

European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Medals are awarded in single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ...

in 1936 and 1937.

Results

(with Piroska Szekrényessy)

References

External links

Attila Szekrényessy's profile at Sports Reference.com
1913 births 1995 deaths Figure skaters from Budapest Hungarian male pair skaters Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Hungary European Figure Skating Championships medalists 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-figure-skating-bio-stub