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Pál Vásárhelyi
Vásárhelyi with Korda in 1964
Born	(1938-06-18)18 June 1938 Budapest
Died	14 September 2008(2008-09-14) (aged 70)
Figure skating career
Country	Hungary
Partner	Györgyi Korda
Skating club	Budapesti Lokomotív Budapesti Spartacus
Retired	1965

Pál Vásárhelyi (18 June 1938 – 14 September 2008) was a Hungarian competitive ice dancer. With Györgyi Korda, he was the 1964 Winter Universiade champion, the 1964 Blue Swords champion, and a seven-time Hungarian national champion. The duo competed at four World and six European Championships. They placed among the European top five in 1963 (Budapest, Hungary), 1964 (Grenoble, France), and 1965 (Moscow, Soviet Union).

Vásárhelyi skated at Budapesti Lokomotív and Budapesti Spartacus. He retired from competition in 1965. He later worked as a library director at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

Competitive highlights

With Korda

References

1. ^ "Vásárhelyi Pál (1938-2008)" (in Hungarian). Tudományos és Műszaki Tájékoztatás. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.
2. ^ "Perszonália: Vásárhelyi Pál (1938–2008)" (PDF) (in Hungarian). Elektronikus Periodika Archívum és Adatbázis. 27 August 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2017.
3. "1960-2015 Statistics Winter Universiades" (PDF). International University Sports Federation / sport.fi. 1 January 2016. p. 53. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2017.
4. "Blue Swords (Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) - Gold Medalists". Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016.
5. "Jégtánc bajnokok" [National ice dancing champions] (in Hungarian). Hungarian National Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017.

• 1938 births
• 2008 deaths
• Hungarian male ice dancers
• Figure skaters from Budapest
• Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary
• Competitors at the 1964 Winter Universiade
• 21st-century Hungarian people
• 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen