\u00c9va Sz\u00e9kely, 1927 y\u0131l\u0131nda Budape\u015fte, Macaristan’da do\u011fdu. Y\u00fczmeye olan ilgisi, 1936 Berlin Olimpiyatlar\u0131’nda Macar y\u00fcz\u00fcc\u00fc Ferenc Csik’in 100 metre serbest stilde alt\u0131n madalya kazanmas\u0131n\u0131 anlatan bir radyo yay\u0131n\u0131n\u0131 dinleyerek ba\u015flad\u0131. Yerel bir spor kul\u00fcb\u00fcn\u00fcn tak\u0131m\u0131na kat\u0131ld\u0131 ancak daha sonra Yahudi oldu\u011fu i\u00e7in tak\u0131mdan \u00e7\u0131kar\u0131ld\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Holokost’un Macaristan’da yo\u011funla\u015fmas\u0131yla birlikte Sz\u00e9kely ve ailesi artan zulme maruz kald\u0131. 1944 y\u0131l\u0131nda fa\u015fist Ok Ha\u00e7l\u0131 Partisi \u00fcyeleri taraf\u0131ndan tutukland\u0131 ancak babas\u0131 m\u00fcdahale ederek k\u0131z\u0131n\u0131n hasta oldu\u011funu ve y\u00fcr\u00fcyemedi\u011fini s\u00f6yledi. Bu i\u015fe yaramay\u0131nca, onun Macar y\u00fczme \u015fampiyonu oldu\u011funu a\u00e7\u0131klad\u0131 ve \u015f\u00f6hretinin onun hayat\u0131n\u0131 kurtaraca\u011f\u0131n\u0131 umdu.<\/p>\n\n
Mucizevi bir \u015fekilde Sz\u00e9kely kurtuldu. Sava\u015f\u0131n son y\u0131llar\u0131n\u0131 \u0130svi\u00e7re taraf\u0131ndan i\u015fletilen g\u00fcvenli bir evde ge\u00e7irdi ve burada her sabah 100 kez be\u015f kat merdiven inip \u00e7\u0131karak formda kald\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Sava\u015ftan sonra Sz\u00e9kely y\u00fczme kariyerine devam etti. 1948 Londra Olimpiyat Oyunlar\u0131’nda yar\u0131\u015ft\u0131 ve 200 metre kurba\u011fada d\u00f6rd\u00fcnc\u00fc oldu. D\u00f6rt y\u0131l sonra, 1952 Helsinki Oyunlar\u0131’nda ayn\u0131 bran\u015fta alt\u0131n madalya kazanarak Olimpiyat hayalini ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirdi ve bu arada bir Olimpiyat rekoru k\u0131rd\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Sz\u00e9kely, Macar y\u00fczmesine h\u00fckmetmeye devam etti ve 1946 ile 1954 y\u0131llar\u0131 aras\u0131nda 32 ulusal bireysel \u015fampiyonluk ve 11 ulusal tak\u0131m \u015fampiyonlu\u011fu kazand\u0131. Ayr\u0131ca tarihteki en b\u00fcy\u00fck su topu oyuncular\u0131ndan biri olarak kabul edilen Macar atlet Dezs\u00f6 Gyarmati ile evlendi.<\/p>\n\n
1956’da Sz\u00e9kely ve Gyarmati, Macar Devrimi Sovyetler taraf\u0131ndan ac\u0131mas\u0131zca bast\u0131r\u0131ld\u0131ktan sonra Amerika Birle\u015fik Devletleri’ne ka\u00e7t\u0131. Ancak Sz\u00e9kely’in ya\u015fl\u0131 ebeveynlerine bakmak i\u00e7in k\u0131sa s\u00fcre sonra Macaristan’a d\u00f6nd\u00fcler.<\/p>\n\n
Sz\u00e9kely aktif yar\u0131\u015fmalardan emekli oldu ve k\u0131z\u0131 Andrea da dahil olmak \u00fczere gen\u00e7 y\u00fcz\u00fcc\u00fclere ko\u00e7luk yapmaya ba\u015flad\u0131. Andrea daha sonra kendisi de Olimpiyat madalyas\u0131 kazand\u0131. Sz\u00e9kely ayr\u0131ca Filistinli militanlar\u0131n \u0130srail Olimpiyat tak\u0131m\u0131na sald\u0131rd\u0131\u011f\u0131 ve arkada\u015f\u0131 \u0130srailli g\u00fcre\u015f antren\u00f6r\u00fc Moshe Weinberg’i \u00f6ld\u00fcrd\u00fc\u011f\u00fc k\u00f6t\u00fc \u015f\u00f6hretli 1972 M\u00fcnih Oyunlar\u0131’na kat\u0131ld\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Kar\u015f\u0131la\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131 zulme ra\u011fmen Sz\u00e9kely, Yahudi kimli\u011fini asla gizlemeye \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmad\u0131. 1974’te Macar televizyonuna verdi\u011fi bir r\u00f6portajda, 1940’lar\u0131n ayr\u0131mc\u0131 yasalar\u0131n\u0131 hat\u0131rlad\u0131 ve a\u00e7\u0131k\u00e7a “Ben bir Yahudi’yim” dedi.<\/p>\n\n
Sz\u00e9kely’in ola\u011fan\u00fcst\u00fc hayat hikayesi, dayan\u0131kl\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131n, kararl\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131n ve sars\u0131lmaz ruhunun bir kan\u0131t\u0131d\u0131r. Hem bir Holokost kurtulan\u0131 hem de bir Olimpiyat \u015fampiyonu olarak hat\u0131rlan\u0131yor ve miras\u0131, d\u00fcnyan\u0131n d\u00f6rt bir yan\u0131ndaki y\u00fcz\u00fcc\u00fcleri ve sporcular\u0131 nesiller boyu ilham vermeye devam ediyor.<\/p>\n\n
\u00c9va Sz\u00e9kely: Holokost’tan Kurtulan ve Olimpiyat \u015eampiyonu Y\u00fcz\u00fcc\u00fc Erken Ya\u015fam\u0131 ve Holokost \u00c9va Sz\u00e9kely, 1927 y\u0131l\u0131nda Budape\u015fte, Macaristan’da do\u011fdu. Y\u00fczmeye olan ilgisi, 1936 Berlin Olimpiyatlar\u0131’nda Macar y\u00fcz\u00fcc\u00fc Ferenc Csik’in 100…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4843],"tags":[243,23196,15545,23195,3980],"class_list":["post-17661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biographies","tag-resilience","tag-eva-szekely","tag-holocaust-survivor","tag-olympic-champion","tag-swimming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17662,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17661\/revisions\/17662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}