Zsolt Borkai

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Administrator
SexMale
Full nameZsolt•Borkai
Used nameZsolt•Borkai
Born31 August 1965 in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron (HUN)
Measurements175 cm / 68 kg
AffiliationsBHSE, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Zsolt Borkai was a gymnast who was a pommelled horse specialist, and who won gold on the pommels at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He was also World Champion on pommels in 1987. Also good on the horizontal bar, Borkai won bronze on that apparatus at the 1987 Worlds, and gold at the 1985 Europeans. At the Universiade, Borkai won a full set of individual medals, with gold on pommels in 1987, bronze on pommels in 1985, and silver on the 1985 high bar.

Borkai later entered politics and sports administration. He served as President of the Magyar Olympic Committee from 2010-17. In 2006 he was elected mayor of Győr and was later re-elected three times. In 2019 shortly before the local elections he was involved in a scandal when a sex video was released of Borkai with several young women on a yacht. Despite this scandal he was re-elected as an independent mayor of Győr, although he was dropped by the Fidesz party. Less than a month after his election, Borkai announced his resignation. He was subsequently removed from his positions with the Magyar Olympic Committee and the Hungarian Gymnastics Federation (MATSZ).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) HUN Zsolt Borkai
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) =43 r1/2
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) Hungary 6
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) 87 r1/1
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) =26 r1/1
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) =13 r1/1
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) =24 r1/1
Rings, Men (Olympic) =48 r1/1
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) =1 Gold

Organization roles

Role Organization Tenure NOC As
President Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság 2010—2017 HUN Zsolt Borkai

Special Notes