Ede Király

Ede Király (23 February 1926 – 10 August 2009) He was coached by Arnold Gerschwiler.

In 1948, he placed fourth at the European Championships in singles skating and won gold with Kékesy in pairs. In February, at the 1948 Winter Olympics, he placed fifth in singles and won silver in pairs. The week after, at the 1948 World Championships, he and Kékesy won silver again, and he won bronze individually. Király said that he feared returning to Hungary, as he refused to join the Hungarian Communist Party, and that his passport and other papers were being held by a Hungarian intelligence officer. His family in Hungary, as well as another coach of his, Rudolf Dillinger, were arrested in response. Hungarian figure skaters were also not allowed to compete in the 1951 European and World Championships.

Post-skating career In 1950, Király graduated from the Technical University of Budapest. After defecting from Hungary, he moved to Canada and became a coach in Oshawa, Ontario; he also worked as an engineer. He returned to Hungary several times later in his life.