Béla Las-Torres

The native form of this personal name is Las-Torres Béla. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Béla Las-Torres
Personal information
Born(1890-04-20)April 20, 1890
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
DiedOctober 12, 1915(1915-10-12) (aged 25)
Castelnuovo di Cattaro[a], Kingdom of Dalmatia
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1908 London 4x200m Freestyle

Béla Las-Torres (20 April 1890 – 12 October 1915) was a Hungarian freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

At the 1908 Olympics, he won a silver medal as a member of a Hungarian 4x200 metre freestyle relay team. He also competed in the 400 metre freestyle event, reaching the semifinals. Four years later, he was fifth in the 400 metre freestyle competition, did not finish in 1500 metre freestyle final, and was a member of Hungarian freestyle relay team that won the silver medal in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay event. He was killed in action during World War I.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The town, now in Montenegro, has through its history been called both Castelnuovo and Herceg Novi, in some time periods the names were used simultaneously. It has been variously under the control of the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of Montenegro, Austria-Hungary and Fascist Italy.

References

  1. ^ "Béla von Las-Torres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Béla Las-Torres". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.


Records
Preceded by Men's 400 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)
05 June 1912 – 14 July 1912 		Succeeded by


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