László Gergely

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameLászló•Gergely (Geiger)
Used nameLászló•Gergely
Born20 January 1916 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Died10 March 1946 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
AffiliationsFerencvárosi TC, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

László Gergely and his twin brother András came from a wealthy Jewish family that prospered in the food industry. László was the elder, by half-an-hour. At the age of 16, László began playing hockey with FTC as a right winger. He was a multiple Hungarian champion with FTC and later with BKE. From 1935-38 he was on the Hungarian national team. He competed at two World Championships (1935, 1937) and at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics.

László Gergely was a good friend of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews in the 1940s. Gergely died of bile duct cancer at age 30.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) HUN László Gergely
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) Hungary =7

Olympic family relations