Lajos Balogh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lajos Balogh

Hungarian athlete, architect, engineer

Date of Birth: 10-May-1903

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 09-Oct-1986

Profession: architect, athletics competitor

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Lajos Balogh (Hungarian pronunciation: ['l?jo? 'b?log]; 10 May 1903 – 9 October 1986) was a Hungarian athlete and later coach, architect, engineer, politician and sports official.
Achieving his best results in the long jump, Balogh was a multiple Hungarian Athletics Championships winner, Universiade medalist and Olympic participant. Beside his competitive sports career Balogh worked as engineer and architect, focusing on sports and training constructions.
He was a member of the Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party and was arrested together with a number of other party members with fabricated charges in 1947, when the Communist Party carried out a coup d’état against the ruling Smallholders Party.
He was soon released. After retiring from sports he earned a coaching degree and also studied the biomechanics of sports movements.
He was president of the Hungarian Athletics Association for a brief period in 1946 and later became a docent at the Faculty of Athletics of the University of Physical Education.