List of Hungarians - Sports

Sports

See also: Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year, List of flag bearers for Hungary at the Olympics, List of Hungarian Olympic champions, List of Hungary Davis Cup team representatives, and List of Hungary national rugby union players

• Robert Antal (1921–1995), Olympic champion water polo player
• Péter Bakonyi (born 1938), saber fencer, Olympic three-time bronze
• Viktor Barna (born "Győző Braun") (1911–1972), 22-time world champion table tennis player, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Famer
• István Barta (1895–1948), Olympic champion water polo player, silver
• Laszlo Bellak (1911–2006), seven-time world champion table tennis player, ITTFHoF
• Gyula Bíró (1890–1961), midfield and forward footballer (national team)
• Balázs Borbély (born 1979), footballer
• Gedeon Barcza (1911–1986), chess player
• Zsolt Baumgartner (born 1981), Formula One racecar driver (2003–2004), Jordan-Ford (two races, subbing for injured Ralph Firman) (2003), Minardi-Cosworth (2004), all 18 Grand Prix, 1 point (United States Grand Prix in Indianapolis, Indiana)
• Tibor Benedek (born 1972), waterpolo player, olympic champion: 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney), 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens), 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing)
• Pál Benkő (born 1928), chess player
• Gyula Breyer (1894–1921), chess player
• György Bródy (1908–1067), water polo goalkeeper, two-time Olympic champion
• Ákos Buzsáky (born 1982), football player
• Ibolya Csák, winner of the women's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Zoltán Czibor (1929–1997), soccer player
• Tamás Darnyi, swimmer (four Olympic gold medals)
• Krisztina Egerszegi, swimmer (five Olympic gold medals)
• Ilona Elek, sabre fencer (Olympic gold-medal winner before and after World War II)
• Árpád Élő, (1903–1992), Hungarian-born American creator of the chess Elo rating system
• Zsolt Erdei, boxer, WBO light heavyweight world champion
• Sándor Erdös, épée fencer, Olympic champion
• Dr. Dezsö Földes, saber fencer, two-time Olympic champion
• Samu Fóti, Olympic silver (gymnastics team combined exercises)
• Dr. Jenö Fuchs, saber fencer, four-time Olympic champion
• Támas Gábor, épée fencer, Olympic champion
• János Garay, saber fencer, Olympic champion, silver, bronze
• György Gedó, Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
• Sándor Geller, soccer goalkeeper, Olympic champion
• Imre Gellért, Olympic silver-medal winner (gymnastics team combined exercises)
• Zoltán Gera, soccer player; has played for Ferencvaros, West Bromwich Albion and Fulham Footballer
• Dr. Oskar Gerde, saber fencer, two-time Olympic champion
• Aladár Gerevich, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
• Charlie Gogolak (born 1944), American football number-one draft pick of the Washington Redskins
• Péter Gogolak (born 1942), American football; invented "soccer style" kicking; played for the New York Giants and the Buffalo Bills
• Dr. Sándor Gombos, saber fencer, Olympic champion
• Gyula Grosics, goalkeeper for the Golden Magyar soccer team undefeated from 1950–54
• Béla Guttmann, midfielder, national team football player an international coach
• Andrea Gyarmati, Olympic swimmer silver (100-metre backstroke) and bronze (100-metre butterfly); World championships bronze (200-metre backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Dezső Gyarmati, water polo player (triple Olympic champion)
• Alfréd Hajós (born Arnold Guttmann), swimmer three-time Olympic champion (100-metre freestyle, 800-metre freestyle relay, 1,500-metre freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Mickey Hargitay, bodybuilder and actor
• Nándor Hidegkuti (1922–2002), soccer player
• Endre Kabos, saber fencer, three-time Olympic champion, bronze
• Béla Károlyi (born 1942), premier gymnastics coach (ethnic Hungarian lived in Romania, now a United States citizen)
• Károly Kárpáti (also known as Károly Kellner), Olympic champion wrestler (freestyle lightweight), silver
• Ágnes Keleti, five-time Olympic gymnastics champion (two-time floor exercises, asymmetrical bars, floor exercises, balance beam, team exercise with portable apparatus), three-time silver (two-time team combined exercises, individual combined exercises), two-time bronze (asymmetrical bars, team exercises with portable apparatus), International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• Kincsem (1874–1887), most successful racehorse in world history
• Sándor Kocsis (1929–1979), soccer player
• Zsuzsa Körmöczy, tennis player, won 1958 French Singles
• Pál Kovács, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
• István "Koko" Kovács, boxer, olympic champion and WBO world champion
• Lily Kronberger, four-time World figure skating champion, two-time bronze, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
• Péter Lékó (born 1979), chess player, currently ranked 10th of the world
• Imi Lichtenfeld, boxer and wrestler, developed the self-defense system Krav Maga
• Andor Lilienthal (1911–2010), chess player
• Johann Löwenthal (1810–1876), chess player
• Zoltán Magyar (born 1953), twice Olympic pommel horse gold medalist
• Gyula Mándi, half back footballer (player and coach of national teams)
• Géza Maróczy (1870–1951), chess player
• József Munk, Olympic silver swimmer (4x200-metre freestyle relay)
• Opika von Méray Horváth, three-time world figure-skating champion
• Henrietta Ónodi, Olympic medal-winning gymnast (won gold, silver at Barcelona in 1992)
• László Papp, boxer (three-time Olympic champion)
• Attila Petschauer, sabre fencer, two-time team Olympic champion, silver
• Anna Pfeffer (born 1946), Hungarian Olympic medalist sprint canoer
• Judit Polgár (born 1976), chess player
• Zsuzsa Polgár (born 1969), chess player
• Zsófia Polgár (born 1974), chess player
• Imre Polyák, Olympic and World Champion Greco-Roman wrestler
• Lajos Portisch (born 1937), chess player
• Ferenc Puskás (1927–2006), football (soccer) player
• Béla Rajki-Reich (1909–2000), swimming coach and water polo coach
• Emilia Rotter, pair skater, World Championship four-time gold, silver, Olympic two-time bronze
• Miklós Sárkány, two-time Olympic champion water polo player
• Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, saber fencer, Olympic champion
• Gusztáv Sebes (1906–1986), Hungarian national soccer coach
• Anna Sipos, 11-time world champion table tennis player, ITTFHoF
• Tamás Sipos, sports commentator and writer, former director of Hungarian television
• Les Murray (born 1945 as László Ürge), Australian soccer broadcaster, sports journalist and analyst
• László Szabados, Olympic bronze swimmer (4x200-metre freestyle relay)
• Miklos Szabados, 15-time world champion table tennis player
• László Szabó (1917–1998), chess player
• Ágnes Szávay (born 1988), tennis player
• András Székely, Olympic silver swimmer (200-metre breaststroke) and bronze (4x200-metre freestyle relay)
• Éva Székely, Olympic champion and silver swimmer (200-metre breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati
• László Szollás, pair skater, World Championship four-time gold, silver, Olympic two-time bronze
• Gábor Talmácsi (born 1981), 125cc MotoGP World Champion
• Judit Temes, Olympic champion swimmer (4×100-metre freestyle), bronze (100-metre freestyle)
• Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, foil fencer, two-time Olympic champion
• Richárd Weisz, Olympic champion wrestler (Greco-Roman super heavyweight)
• Lajos Werkner, saber fencer, two-time Olympic champion
• Imre Zachár, Olympic silver swimmer (4x200-metre freestyle relay)