Alajos Szokolyi

Alajos Szokolyi was a Hungarian athlete, sports organizer, sports manager, archivist and physician. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal in 100 metres dash. In the same year he also won the first ever edition of the Hungarian Athletics Championships in 100 yards dash.

Szokolyi was born onJune 1871 in Rnicz, Kingdom of Hungary as the first child Jzsef Szokoly, an engineer and Emlia Holub. At the age of 3, he was adopted by his childless godparents, Alajos Schnn, a veteran of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and Amlia Szokoly, sister of Alajos father. Szokolyi went to grammar school in Ipolysg , subsequently he absolved the high school in Selmecbnya and Lva . He excelled with his talent already in high school, having been nominated the best gymnast of the school while in fourth grade. He was also regularly awarded in the schoolyear ending gymnastic competitions. In 1887 Szokolyi with his family moved from Ipolysg to their new mansion in Bernece, lying just on the opposite side of the river Ipoly. Two years later he was enrolled at the medical faculty in Budapest.

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