Tag: Hajós Alfréd
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CC photo #57: The Hajós Alfréd National Swimming Pool
The original Hajós Alfréd National Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, here used as warmup pool at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships. Designed by Hajós Alfréd himself, Olympic champion from the very first Games in Athens 1896.
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CC photo #12: Hajós Alfréd plaque at the National Swimming Pool in Budapest
This commemorative plaque says according to Google Translate: Hajós Alfréd 1878 – 1955. Double Olympic gold medalist and design engineer. At the first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, winner in the men’s 100 and 200 freestyle. At the 1924 Paris Olympics, silver medal winner in the stadium plan art competition. Designer of the Hungarian…