Béla Szepes

Béla Szepes [be ː lɒ sɛpɛʃ ] ( born September 5, 1903 in Iglo, † 20 June 1986 in Budapest) was a Hungarian athlete and skier who was successful in the late 1920s as a javelin thrower.

On his part in the Olympics in 1928 in Amsterdam Szepes met two world record holder: the Finns Eino Penttilä, who had screwed the world record to 69.88 m in the previous year, as well as Sweden Erik Lundqvist, the three days after the Games in Amsterdam was the first pitcher of the earth should exceed 70 m mark. The Hungarian brought back to 1927 with a personal best of 64.80 m. This distance he could excel in the qualification by 46 cm, but could do nothing to Lundqvist, who also already achieved his victories length of 66.60 m in the qualification. Szepes won with 65.26 m silver ahead of Norway Olav Sunde ( bronze with 63.97 m). World record holder had Pentillä despite good 63,20 m no chance to intervene in the battle for the medals and finished in 6th place

Béla Szepes was four times Hungarian champion in nordic combined and one of the best Hungarian ski jumper. He was also cross-country skier and Olympic athlete in the Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, 1928 in St. Moritz.

From 1926 to 1933 Szepes worked in Berlin as a journalist and Sprtkarikaturist.