Sándor Ambrózy

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameSándor•Ambrózy
Used nameSándor•Ambrózy
Born7 September 1903 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Died15 December 1992 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

Sándor Ambrózy was a Hungarian sculptor, best known for his sports-themed medals and ceramics. He also created several female statues and portrait busts, mostly in bronze. After World War II he also worked as a restorer of churches in Budapest. Ambrózy studied in Budapest at the Arts and Crafts School Budapest and abroad. From 1924-31 he worked on a scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts. At this institution, he was a fellow and also assistant professor from 1925-27. In 1930 he won a 1st prize for sports medals for a boxing championship.

In 1933 Ambrózy created the plaster figure of an alpine Skier. It was produced by the Herend manufactory in the early 1940s as a white as well as a brightly painted porcelain figure of 26 x 36 cm. It is not certain whether this is actually the work submitted in Berlin, since the Hungarian title Sifutó (Cross-Country) listed in the catalog rather indicates a cross-country skier motif.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions HUN Sándor Ambrózy
Sculpturing, Statues, Open (Olympic) AC