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Sándor Puhl, Hungarian international football referee, inspec- her best performance at the Olympics. She was ranked 18th at
tor, sports manager, and television commentator was born in the Olympic Games in Turin and 17th in Vancouver in 2010.
Miskolc in 1955. To commemorate his service as a referee at She is the second Hungarian sports person to participate in

the 1994 World Cup final, he received a smaller copy of the four Winter Olympics.
World Cup trophy. As recognition of his international sports Ferenc Demjén, the Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian
career, he was named best referee of the world by the Inter- singer, songwriter, and bassist, was born in Miskolc in 1946.

national Association of Football Historians and Statisticians In 1996, he received the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit

four times. In 2000, he received the Officer’s Cross of the of the Republic of Hungary. In 2010, he received the Com-
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his outstand- mander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Repub-
ing work in promoting Hungary worldwide. lic of Hungary, and in the same year, he became an Honorary

Hungarian figure skater Júlia Sebestyén was the fi rst Hungar- Citizen of Budapest-Capital. He received the Kossuth Prize

ian woman to win the title “European Champion” in 2004. in 2012. He has written more than 800 songs. According to
The nine-time adult Hungarian champion was born in Mis- Artisjus, four of the 10 most often played songs in Hungary

kolc in 1981. She participated in the Olympics in Nagano in are connected to Ferenc Demjén. The number of his record
1998 for the first time, where she took 15th place at the age of sales is estimated to be around three million copies.

16. She finished in 8th place in Salt Lake City in 2002; it was

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