Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet (, commonly abbreviated BKE) is a

Budapest 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 ...

based ice skating sports association. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest of its kind in

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. They actively participate in competitive

ice skating Ice skating is the Human-powered transport, self-propulsion and gliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates. People skate for various reasons, including recreation (fun), exercise, competitive sports, and commuting. ...

disciplines, such as

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympi ...

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skat ...

, and

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. BKE also had an ice hockey team, which played their first official game in 1906, and won the Hungarian Championship title seven times.

Ice hockey team

Hungarian Championship: *''Winners'':

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Notable players *

György Pásztor György Pásztor (: 2 March 192322 August 2022) was a Hungarian ice hockey player and sports administrator. He won four Hungarian championships as a player, and was a member of the Hungary men's national ice hockey team, Hungary men's national ...

Famous skaters

The following are ice skaters of the Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet, who participated at

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, won medals at the European Championships or World Championships, or both.

Figure skating

Singles

* Tibor von Földváry * Lily Kronberger * Opika von Méray Horváth * Andor Szende *

Elemér Terták Elemér Terták (born 2 November 1918 in Budapest, Hungary; died 8 July 1999 in Budapest) was a Hungarian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the bronze medal at the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships, the 1937 European C ...

* Ede Király *

György Czakó György Czakó (11 July 1933 – 9 February 2023) was a Hungarian figure skater. He was a three-time (1951, 1952, 1954) Hungarian national champion. He represented Hungary at the 1952 Winter Olympics where he placed 12th. He was the father of ...

* Krisztina Czakó

Pairs

* Olga Orgonista – Sándor Szalay * Emilia Rotter – László Szollás * Lucy Galló – Rezső Dillinger * Piroska Szekrényesy – Attila Szekrényesy * Andrea Kékessy – Ede Király * Marianna Nagy – László Nagy

Speed skating

Kornél Pajor Kornél Pajor (1 July 1923 – May 2016) was a Hungarian speed skating World Champion. He was born in Budapest. Career In early 1943, Pajor was a young and promising skater of 19 years old, but because World War II was in progress there were no ...

References

External links

* Ice hockey teams in Hungary Sport in Budapest Sports clubs and teams established in 1869 1869 establishments in Austria-Hungary {{hungary-sport-team-stub