Béla Las-Torres (20 April 1890 – 12 October 1915) was a Hungarian freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
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| Born | April 20, 1890 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary | |||||||||||
| Died | October 12, 1915 (aged 25) Castelnuovo di Cattaro[a], Kingdom of Dalmatia | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
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At the 1908 Olympics he won a silver medal as a member of a Hungarian 4x200 metre freestyle relay team. He also competed in the 400 metre freestyle event, reaching the semifinals. Four years later he was fifth in the 400 metre freestyle competition, did not finish in 1500 metre freestyle final, and was a member of Hungarian freestyle relay team that won the silver medal in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay event. He was killed in action during World War I.[3]
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- ^ The town, now in Montenegro, has through its history been called both Castelnuovo and Herceg Novi, in some time periods the names were used simultaneously. It has been variously under the control of the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of Montenegro, Austria-Hungary and Fascist Italy.
References edit
- ^ "Béla von Las-Torres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Béla Las-Torres". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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- profile (in Hungarian)
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