István Simon is a Hungarian
figure skating
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coach and former competitor. He won two
Hungarian national titles in the early 1980s and competed at the
1980 European Championships in
Gothenburg
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. After retiring from competition, he became a skating coach in
Budapest
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. He is the former coach of
Diána Póth,
[ ]Szabolcs Vidrai
Szabolcs Vidrai (born 26 March 1977) is a Hungarian former competitive figure skater. His highest placement at the European Championships was 10th, in 1996, and his highest placement at the World Championships
A world championship is genera ...
,[ Viktória Pavuk,][ and Ivett Tóth.][
]
Competitive highlights
References
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Hungarian figure skating coaches
Hungarian male single skaters
Living people
Figure skaters from Budapest
Year of birth missing (living people)