Tivadar Filótás

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameTivadar Géza•Filótás
Used nameTivadar•Filótás
Born18 October 1903 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Died2 August 1945 in Ganghofen, Bayern (GER)
AffiliationsMAC, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

Tivadar Filotás, the first Hungarian Olympian athlete in modern pentathlon, was a professional soldier. During his student years he was competitive in sports, his strengths being short and middle distance running. Between 1920-1923, he won seventeen youth championship titles in athletics. In addition to athletics, he was excellent in riding and fencing and tried out for the sport of modern pentathlon, which was new to Hungary at that time. Filótás won the first Hungarian competition in modern pentathlon in 1927. The following year he competed at the Amsterdam Olympics, where he finished 23rd. In September 1944, he was called to Kassa and was appointed class brigade commander of the mountain brigade. On the Tordan’s retreat command, he was sent to Bavaria. He died shortly afterwards at the age of 42 of a pulmonary embolism.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Summer Olympics Modern Pentathlon HUN Tivadar Filótás
Individual, Men (Olympic) 23