Jenő Brandi

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Referee
SexMale
Full nameJenő•Brandi (Brandeiski)
Used nameJenő•Brandi
Born23 May 1913 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Died4 December 1980 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
AffiliationsMTK, Budapest (HUN) / Vasas, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 1
Bronze 0
Total 2

Biography

Brandi Jenö started swimming as a high school student and competed in his school’s team. Later, as a player of MTK, he was a youth champion in water polo. He played with MTK until 1938, then due to the dissolution of the team, he transferred to BSE, where he won the championship in 1940. After the war, he became a player for Vasas SC, with which he won two more Hungarian championships (1947 and 1949). Between 1934 and 1948, he appeared sixty-one times in the Hungarian national team. He won the College World Games title three times (1933, 1935 and 1937). He became Olympic champion in 1936, and European champion in 1934 and 1938. In 1947, he won the 4th European championship, and in 1948, he won the Olympic silver medal.

He retired from active sports in 1949. After his retirement, he was a founding member of the Bp. Honvéd’s water polo department. He was also an international referee. From 1964 to 1972, he was a member of the board of the Hungarian Swimming Association (MÚSZ), a member of the technical committee of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), and an international competition judge. From 1977 to 1979, he was the coach of Híradástechnika SE. In 1978, they won Group B of the second division, and Group A in 1979. In 1980, he was the coach of the team named Bp. Volán in OB I. In 1968, his specialist book Water polo was published.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Water Polo (Aquatics) HUN Jenő Brandi
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Hungary 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Water Polo (Aquatics) HUN Jenő Brandi
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Hungary 2 Silver

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
1960 Summer Olympics Water Polo (Aquatics) HUN Jenő Brandi
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Italy — Yugoslavia Goal Judge
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Unified Team of Germany — Romania Referee
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #3 United States — Netherlands Goal Judge
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #4 Unified Team of Germany — Netherlands Referee
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #5 Italy — United Arab Republic Goal Judge
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Argentina — Brazil Referee
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Netherlands — Australia Referee
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #5 Netherlands — South Africa Goal Judge
1964 Summer Olympics Water Polo (Aquatics) HUN Jenő Brandi
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Yugoslavia — Belgium Goal Judge
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Unified Team of Germany — Belgium Referee
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Italy — Japan Referee
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Netherlands — Brazil Goal Judge
1968 Summer Olympics Water Polo (Aquatics) HUN Jenő Brandi
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match 7/8 Netherlands — Cuba Referee
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Netherlands — Greece Referee
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) Match #18 Mexico — Greece Referee

Special Notes