Ludovic Gall

Ludovic Gall
Personal information
Birth nameLajos Gáll
NationalityRomanian
Born(1900-06-10)10 June 1900
Dănești, Harghita, Austria-Hungary
Died14 September 1944(1944-09-14) (aged 44)
Corund, Northern Transylvania
Height161 cm (63 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportLong-distance running
EventMarathon
ClubAstra Brașov
IAR Brașov
ASM Brașov

Ludovic Gall (born Lajos Gáll, 10 June 1900 – 14 September 1944) was a Romanian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics where he finished on the 23rd place.[1][2][3][4] He was the first Romanian athlete to complete a marathon run at the Olympic Games.[5]

Gall won three marathon gold medals (1932, 1933, 1935), a silver medal (1936) and two bronze medals (1937, 1939) at the Balkan Championships marathon.[3][6] He also won six Romanian national marathon competitions (1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939), establishing new national records at the 1935 and 1936 editions.[3][6] He represented the sports clubs Astra Brașov (1933), IAR Brașov (1934–1939), and ASM Brașov (1940).[3] In July 1934, after winning the national marathon competition at the Brașov stadium, he was congratulated in person by King Carol I of Romania.[7]

A street in Sfântu Gheorghe is named after him[8] and a runners circle in the city also bears Gall's name.[9]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ludovic Gal Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Ludovic Gal". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Prescornițoiu, Silviu (10 June 2020). "Ludovic Gall, maratonistul care a plecat din Brașov și a cucerit Balcanii în anii '30" [Ludovic Gall, the marathon runner who left Brașov and conquered the Balkans in the 1930s] (in Romanian). Atletinfo.ro. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ Lennartz, Karl (January 2014). "Kitei Son and Spiridon Louis – Political dimensions of the 1936 Marathon in Berlin" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. 12 (1): 16–28. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  5. ^ Ion, Sorin (22 January 2016). "De ce nu avem 6 maratoniști să fugă sub 2.19". 4run.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Runner profile: Ludovic Gall". more.arrs.run. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  7. ^ Prescornițoiu, Silviu (10 May 2020). "Amintiri din atletism și sportul brașovean, cu Regele și Familia Regală" [Memories of athletics and sports in Brașov, with the King and the Royal Family] (in Romanian). Atletinfo.ro. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Strada Gáll Lajos Sfântu Gheorghe". harta.biz (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Participanți numeroși la evenimentele organizate de Cercul de Alergare "Gall Lajos" în 2019" [Numerous participants in the events organized by the "Gall Lajos" Runners Circle in 2019] (in Romanian). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2022.