Balázs Dzsudzsák 

Balázs Dzsudzsák, member of the Hungarian national football team, was born in 1986 in Debrecen. He has won the Hungarian championship and the Hungarian Super Cup three times with the DVSC team. In 2009 he received the Junior Prima award, and in 2010 he became Hungarian Footballer of the Year. He has been on several teams throughout his career; after his years in Debrecen, he played for PSV Eindhoven until 2011, and joined the Anzsi Mahachskala team for a short period of time afterwards. From there, he went on to join Dynamo Moscow, but he also played for the Turkish Bursaspor and, in recent years, for the Arab Emirates teams. The most outstanding result achieved with the Hungarian national team was reaching the quarter-finals in the 2016 European Championship. Mentioning the Hungarian national team, Balázs Dzsudzsák has played for the national team 108 times so far and has scored 20 goals; if he enters the field for another match, he will solely be the player with the most matches, beating Gábor Király. Another interesting fact is that the athlete was the first Hungarian face to appear on a regional advertisement copy for Electronic Arts FIFA series, where Messi, Ronaldinho and Kaka, among others, took part.

Mentored startups: Seyu, CodeYachts

After getting to know the companies, Balázs Dzsudzsák saw that he could contribute the most to the success of Seyu and Code Yachts with his network of contacts in the Middle East.

 

Márton Fucsovics

Márton Fucsovics, a professional tennis player, was born in in 1992 in Nyíregyháza, and started playing tennis at the age of five. As a child, he played various sports such as basketball, but was committed to tennis from the beginning. His dream has always been to compete among the best in Grand Slam tournaments one day. In 2009, he became a junior Grand Slam winner in doubles at the US Open, and a year later, thanks to his individual championship title at Wimbledon, he became a world leader among juniors. In 2016, he made his first adult Grand Slam event, and 2018 can be considered a year of breakthrough when he won the first ATP tournament of his career in Geneva. In the 2020 season, he made it to the quarter-finals in every Grand Slam tournament, currently making him 51st in the world rankings. He has been a member of the ATP TOP 100 since 2018.

Mentored startups: Rebound, BeStrong, Premier Padel

Following the negotiations, cooperation was established with Rebound, Bestrong and Padel Factory.

Ádám Hanga

Ádám Hanga, Hungarian national basketball player, was born on April 12, 1989 in Budapest. Many consider him to be an NBA-level player, although he has never played in an overseas league. However, he has achieved numerous successes in European basketball. At the beginning of his career, he joined the Alba Fehérvár team from the Budapest Invincible Blacks team. As the first Hungarian in the history to play at the NBA DAFT, he was drafted by the multiple NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in 2011. After the 2010-2011 season, he made his first foreign contract to the Spanish Bàsquet Manresa, followed by playing for several other foreign teams. In the summer of 2016, the National team managed to qualify for the 2017 European Championship after 17 years. In 2017, joined one of Europe’s best basketball teams, Barcelona, where he now plays in a point guard position. Since joining the team, they have won two silver medals at the Spanish Basketball Championships. Ádám was promoted over the summer, became deputy team captain, and has been an active member of the Euroleague’s players’ union (ELPA) since the autumn of 2020, and has also turned up in the NBA with Luigi Datome.

Mentored starups: Yoganotch, Innoriatech, Seyu

Fanni Illés

Fanni Illés, Paralympic swimmer, was born in Keszthely, 1992. Fanni Illés is a European and World champion Paralympic swimmer with a limb deficiency, she was born without lower legs and with fused fingers due to a birth defect. So far, she has represented Hungary as a member of the Hungarian Paralympic Team at three Paralympic Games in Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro. She became the world champion for the 100-meter race in London on September 9, 2019, earning her direct quota for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games. His coach is Álmos Szabó, the head of the Paragliding Department of Vasas SC; this is the first department in Hungary that specializes in the discovery, training and development of para-swimmers in a non-integrated club environment. The athlete can be supported through her own foundation, the Golden Butterfly Foundation; the proceeds will be used for training Fanni to reach the best performance possible, and to support the emerging talents of the Vasas Para-swimming Division.

Mentored startups: Seyu, Innoriatech, BeStrong

The companies took part in an event organized by Fanni, where representatives of the Hungarian Paralympic Committee, the Polish, Greek and Portuguese committees, and the sports manager of the International Paralympic Commettee were able to present their product.

Shaoang Liu

Shaoang Liu, a Hungarian short-distance speed skater, was born in Budapest in 1998. Shaoang Liu is a European-Olympic champion with Hungarian origins. He has been skating competitively since 2006, first on the TRGSE team, then on the SPSC, and currently on the FTC team. As a member of the Hungarian men’s speed skating relay, he won a gold medal for the 5000 meter relay alongside Sándor Liu Shaolin, Viktor Knoch and Csaba Burján, at the World Cup for short-track speed skating held in Shanghai. At the 2016 Junior World Championships, he reached a junior world record in the semi-finals. In 2017, he was the 500m, 1000m, 1500m and compound junior world champion, thus winning gold medals in each individual race. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, he won an Olympic championship as a member of the relay. At the 2019 European Championships, he won gold medals for the 5,000-meter relay and the 500-meter individual races, while he won a bronze medal for the 3,000-meter race. He won a gold medal for the 1,500-meter race, a silver medal for the 500-meter race at the European Short Speed Skating Championships in Debrecen, and won the complex European championship title for the first time.

Mentored startup: Seyu

Liu Shaoang and Sándor Liu Shaolin, born of Generation Z, are familiar with the SportTech Hungary program with extensive knowledge of the Winter Olympics and the Asian market.

Sándor Shaolin Liu

Sándor Shaolin Liu, short track speed skater, was born in Budapest in 1995. Sándor Shaolin Liu is a Hungarian Olympic champion, world champion, European champion, world cup winner and Hungarian champion. He took part in his first training at the age of eleven, and has been skating competitively since 2005, first on the TRGSE team and then at the SPSC. In March 2014, he won a gold medal at the Junior World Championships, and was a World Champion at the 2016 Short Track Speed Skating World Championships. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, he won the Olympic championship as a member of the 5000-meter relay, winning Hungary its first gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics. In 2017, the first individual European Championship gold medal in the Short track field can be attributed to his name in the 1000m run. At the 2019 European Championships, he won a gold medal for the 1500-meter relay, and a silver medal for the 1000- meter and the 500-meter races, thus becoming the first Hungarian to finish in the first place in the compound races.

Mentored startup: Seyu

Liu Shaoang and Sándor Liu Shaolin, born of Generation Z, are familiar with the SportTech Hungary program with extensive knowledge of the Winter Olympics and the Asian market.

Gábor Talmácsi

Gábor Talmácsi, a speed motor racer, was born in 1981 in Budapest. He started riding a motorcycle when he was four years old, on a bike made by his father. He made his debut at the Brno World Championships in 2000 and delivered such an outstanding performance, that the Racing Service team offered him a contract and became a permanent racer in the most elite world of motorsport. The real breakthrough came with the Red Bull KTM team in 2005, when he won his first race victories in Mugello, Assen and Qatar. In 2007 he joined to the Aspar Aprilia team, which proved to be a good decision, as after a very tight season he became world champion in the MotoGP 125 cm³ category, then in 2009 was the only Hungarian driver to win 19 world championship points in 12 races in the MotoGP category. During his career, he competed for several factory teams: Honda, Aprilia, Malaguti, KTM, Italjet. In 2014, he founded his own team called Talmácsi Racing, and he also takes care of young talents and manages their careers. Gábor’s mission was to get one of the MotoGP races to take place in Hungary, which seems to be coming to realization according to the plans of the Hungarian government. The racetrack will be handed over in Hajdúnánás in 2023, after
which it can hold MotoGP races annually for at least 10 years.

Mentored startups: Seyu, BeStrong, Yoganotch

With the help of the implementers, a first round of consultation was held with the teams of Bestrong, Yoganotch, and Seyu. For each company, the directions along which they continued to work together were defined.

Ágnes Kovács

Ágnes Kovács, swimmer, was born in Budapest 1981. Ágnes Kovács is an Olympic champion, two-time world and seven-time European champion, multiple World Cup winner, recurring Hungarian champion swimmer. She’s been at the top of the 200-meter women’s breaststroke for 20 years, which is currently the oldest national swimming record in Hungary. She is the only Hungarian swimmer to return home with a gold medal from the most prestigious world competitions between the years 1997 and 2001. She was a member of the Hungarian swilling team for 13 years, during which she closed all international competitions in a scoring place. She has been repeatedly voted best swimmer in Europe, and mentioned among the best athletes in the world. She is the International Ambassador of the University of Physical Education, holds three degrees, and is currently a doctoral student at the University of Physical Education, a committee member and speaker at domestic and international sports science conferences. Her research topic is about top-tier athletes and media in society at the beginning of the 21st century in Hungary. She also graduated from UC Berkeley in the USA, so she also works as a certified executive coach and trainer. Ágnes Kovács built her career with outstanding awareness; it was important for her from the very beginning to find balance between continuous learning and preparation for competitions. 

Mentored startups: Rebound, Seyu, Yoganotch, Heartbit

Ágnes Kovács contributed to the success of the program with her diverse knowledge, coaching and sports diplomacy experience. ágnes also consulted with Rebound, Yoganotch, Heartbit, and Seyu.

Gyurta Dániel

Dáiel Gyurta, swimmer, was born in Budapest in 1989. Dániel Gyurta is a three-time Olympic world champion and two-time European champion Hungarian swimmer. He broke into the forefront at the 2004 Athens Olympics at just 15 years old. In the 200-meter breaststroke semi- finals, he reached the finals with the best time, where he won a silver medal. He became the short-track European champion in 200-meter breaststroke in 2006 in Helsinki, then in 2007 in Debrecen, and finished in the 5th place in the 2008 Olympics. For years, he dominated the 200-meter breaststroke competitions, and became World Champion at the 2009 World Cup in Rome, but crowned his career at the 2012 London Olympics, when he won an Olympic gold medal with a world record. He received the International Fair Play Award in 2013 for his sportiness. Since his retirement in 2018, he has completed his sports diplomacy career, and have been contributing his knowledge to the country as Chief Ministerial Adviser.

Mentored startups: Seyu, Heartbit