Antal Lovas

Antal Lovas
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born(1884-12-20)20 December 1884
Kecskemét, Hungary
Died1 March 1970(1970-03-01) (aged 85)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
SportLong-distance running

Antal Lovas (20 December 1884 – 1 March 1970) was a Hungarian long-distance runner. He competed at the 1908 and 1924 Summer Olympics, and was also a non-starter at the 1912 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics. Lovas was among the first notable Hungarian long-distance runners and had a career that spanned decades, running marathons into his late-60s.

References

  1. 1 2 "Antal Lovas". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Antal Lovas Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "1400 km: futó - propaganda a vegetáriánus életmód érdekében" [1400 km: running - propaganda for a vegetarian lifestyle]. Délamerikai Magyarság (in Hungarian). 18 May 1933. p. 4 – via Arcanum Newspapers.
  4. ↑ "Király Pál nem húz többé szögescipőt, Lovas Antal még Amszterdamban is indulni akar" [Pál Király no longer wears spiked shoes, Antal Lovas even wants to start in Amsterdam.]. Sporthirlap (in Hungarian). 27 July 1924. pp. 1–2 – via Arcanum Newspapers.