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3 unusual facts about Hungarian Athletics Championships


Béla Szepes

One of the most successful javelin thrower of his time, he won the Hungarian championships seven times in a row from 1925 to 1931.

He captured seven Hungarian Athletics Championships and three British Athletics Championships titles.

Hungarian Athletics Championships

The turning point came in 1896, when Hungary celebrated its millennium and as part of the Millenary Feast sports events of great dimensions were held in Budapest in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I, attracting over 5,000 athletes.



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