Miklós Tuss attended grammar and secondary schools in Timisoara and Budapest, and eventually graduated at the Medical University of Budapest. He always loved sports. In the dormitory of the University his roommates were very busy sailing. He also became a fanatic sailor and bought his first sailboat as he finished University.
In 1928 he joined the Olympic team and in the 6m category the Hungarian boat finished in 11th place in the 6m category at the Amsterdam Olympics.
Being dissatisfied with the KMYC, he founded the Balaton Yacht Club with his friends after the Olympics and later founded the Hungária Yacht Club.
It is well known the Balaton Blue Ribbon Race was their idea. Between 1934 and 1942, the Hungária Yacht Club organized the competition, which became the most important event in Hungarian sailing.
In the 1950s Tuss was considered as politically unreliable and right-wing. He was taken to a forced labor camp. His family who remained at home had to sell the boat to make living.
After he went home, he sailed only once. Rather, he got together with old friends and immersed themselves in their memories.
His son, Miklós Tuss Jr., was a reserve in sailing at the Olympics in 1972 and 1980, and his granddaughter Réka Tuss competed as a skier in 2006.
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