Miklós Jós

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameMiklós•Jós (Joós, Jorčík-)
Used nameMiklós•Jós
Born17 January 1906 in Halič, Banská Bystrica (SVK)
Died30 April 1990 in Cegléd, Pest (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

Miklós Jós was born under the name of Jorčík and made a military career in the Hungarian Army. In the 1930s he was a good distance runner and one of the best Hungarian modern pentathletes, and was on the national team from 1931-39. Unfortunately, due to an injury he did not compete at the Olympic Games in Berlin. After World War II, Jós went to London in 1948 as the Hungarian team captain in the modern pentathlon. He also participated in the art competitions with an epic work called Modern Pentathlon, in Hungarian, which was published in 1945. Jós later worked for the Ministry of Defense, retired as a lieutenant-colonel in 1952, and moved to Cegléd, his wife’s hometown, where he successfully organized a fencing school and vocational classes from 1959-75.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Art Competitions HUN Miklós Jós
Literature, Epic Works, Open (Olympic) AC