Hugó Ballya

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameHugó•Ballya
Used nameHugó•Ballya
Born20 July 1908 in Košice, Košice (SVK)
Died8 January 1995 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Measurements184 cm / 82 kg
AffiliationsPannónia Evezős Egylet, (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

Hugó Ballya was a rower of the Budapest Rowing EE from 1926, and of the Pannónia EE from 1931. Between 1931 and 1939, he won a total of ten Hungarian championship titles. Starting from 1931 Ballya was the member of the Hungarian national team. As a member of the Hungarian eights, he won two gold (1933, 1935), one silver (1938), and one bronze (1931) medals at the European Championships. At the European Championship he also won silver with the coxed four in 1933, and bronze with the coxless four in 1937. He was a member of the Hungarian team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics where the Hungarian eights finished fifth. In 1939, he retired from the national team, and in 1945 he gave up active sports.

In 1935, he obtained a doctorate in law at the Ferenc József University of Szeged. In Budapest, he was the MÁV telegrapher, traffic clerk, then legal advisor, and at the same time coach of the Vasas rowing department from 1948 to 1972. In 1960, he qualified as a coach at the Institute of Sports Management and Coaching. Between 1947 and 1985, he was the head coach of the Hungarian rowing team with several longer interruptions.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Rowing HUN Hugó Ballya
Eights, Men (Olympic) Hungary 5