LONG JUMPER • HUNGARY • 1957

Universiade winner, two-time European indoor champion and seven-time Hungarian champion athlete

Best results

Personal best:

830 cm NR
1985, Budapest
(outdoor)

824 cm NR
1986, Madrid
(indoor)

Universiade:

1x 1. place
1981, Bukarest: 823 cm

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Indoor European Championships:

2x 1. place
1978, Milan: 783 cm
1983, Budapest: 795 cm

3x 2. place
1985, Piraeus: 815 cm
1986, Madrid: 824 cm
1988, Budapest: 803 cm

1x 3. place
1977, San Sebastián: 778 cm

Hungarian Championships:

7x 1. place
1978: 794 cm
1980: 797 cm
1981: 782 cm
1982: 801 cm
1983: 816 cm
1985: 829 cm
1988: 778 cm

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1x 3. place
1999

The personal story of museum founder János Angyal about this pair of sport shoes

A mini delegation of the University of Physical Education, led by the national record holder of long jump László Szalma, visited Somoskő in 2015. László has been the head of the Athletics Department since 2006 and the Vice President of the Hungarian Athletics Association. With my guests, we watched the sports relics and throughout the course of friendly discussions renewed the memory how László Szalma delighted the audience of the Crystal Cup 1985 in the Kohász Stadium (today’s Ferenc Szojka Stadium) with a fantastic jump of 810 centimetres.

The former excellent long jumper, who was placed fourth at the Olympics in 1980 and won the title of Indoor European Champion twice, presented a real surprise for me at the end of our meeting. He gifted me those long jump shoes which he wore while jumping the national record of 830 centimetres – which is the national record still to this day -, wearing the colours of Vasas Sports Club 30 years ago. 

These signed shoes are at a worthy place along with the relics of the other remarkable athletes. The Museum of Sport Shoes received another valuable relic.