Ludovic Gall

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]

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
Event(s)Marathon
ClubAstra Brașov
IAR Brașov
ASM Brașov

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. 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. "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.
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