László Vajda (figure skater)
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László Vajda (born 16 May 1954) is a Hungarian former figure skater. He is a ten-time Hungarian national champion. He placed in the top ten at five European Championships and at the 1975 World Championships. His best ISU Championship result, fifth, came at the 1975 Europeans in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vajda served as Hungary's flag bearer at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. He placed tenth in the compulsory figures before withdrawing from the competition.
Vajda has worked as a skating coach. One of his students was Zsolt Kerekes.
14 times Jump Rope World Champion{{Cite web|date=2019-02-20|title=Vivien Vajda: 14-time Jump Rope World Champion!|url=https://openingdoorz.com/2019/02/20/vivien-vajda-14-time-jump-rope-world-champion/|access-date=2020-10-06|website=Opening Doorz|language=en-US}} Vivien Vajda is the daughter of László Vajda.
Competitive highlights
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| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International | ||||||||||
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! 1970 ! 1971 ! 1972 ! 1973 ! 1974 ! 1975 ! 1976 ! 1977 ! 1978 ! 1979 | ||||||||||
| align=left | Olympics | WD | |||||||||
| align=left | Worlds | 16th | 13th | 11th | 9th | ||||||
| align=left | Europeans | 17th | 15th | 14th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 8th | 10th | ||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | National | ||||||||||
| align=left | Hungarian | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st |
| colspan=11 align=center | WD: Withdrew |
References
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{{cite web |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/laszlo-vajda-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004141/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/laszlo-vajda-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2020-04-18 |title= László Vajda |publisher= Sports Reference }}
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