Alfréd Hajós

Alfred Hajos [ ɒlfre ː d hɒjo ː ʃ ] ( born February 1, 1878 as Arnold Guttmann in Budapest, † November 12, 1955 ) was a Hungarian swimmer and architect.

On April 11, 1896, he won the 100 meters freestyle in a winning time of 1:22,2 min, the first Olympic swimming medal of the modern era and the first Olympic gold medal for his native Hungary at the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. On the same day he also won the competition over 1200 meters freestyle. His younger brother Henrik Hajos won at the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens a gold medal with the Hungarian Season 4 × 250 meter freestyle.

Alfred Hajos was also active in other sports. In 1898 he became a Hungarian athletics champion in the 100 meters, 400 meters hurdles and discus throwing. He also starred in the Hungarian football champion teams in 1901, 1902 and 1903 and played four times for the Hungarian national football team.

At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 was Alfred Hajos, who worked as an architect in the meantime, awarded for his design of the swimming stadium of Budapest with a silver medal. It is therefore beside the American Walter Winans, the one gold and in 1912 was awarded in 1908 a silver medal in the sport of shooting and in 1912 a gold medal in the sculpture, one of only two Olympic athletes who were successful both in a sporting discipline as well as in an art competition.

In 1966 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the international swimming sport, 1981 in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.