István Hegedűs

From the Hungarian Wikipedia page

stvan Hegedus ( Nyiregyhaza, 1924 . October 23 - Budapest , 1956 . October 24 ) Hungarian pentathlon , the 1956 Revolution martyr.

He completed his primary and secondary education in Nyíregyháza, then graduated from the Physical Education College. Hungarian champion, member of the national team, later coach.

He had been doing a lot of sports at a young age: running, swimming and riding. As a good horse rider he also got a double role in film. Endre Horváth chose him as the model of the men of the twenty-eight on the 1948 edition (stylized).

On October 24, 1956, at dawn, he held a training session at the Sports School when he stopped at Sofia Street, where people were burning communist books. In addition to the book burning, he suddenly stopped at a ÁVH truck, from which he started shooting without any sorting. He got a deadly shot here. He was a respected and beloved physical education teacher at the Food Technician.