Antal Kánya

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAntal Imre Ákos József•Kánya (Kánia)
Used nameAntal•Kánya
Other namesAntal von Kánya
Born6 September 1893 in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron (HUN)
Died9 March 1967 in Szombathely, Vas (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

Antal Kánya was a professional soldier. In 1914 he was inaugurated as a lieutenant at the Imperial and Royal Maria Theresa Military Academy in Vienna. In World War I, he spent 43 months on the Russian, Italian, and Romanian fronts. He completed a riding course in the Army and then worked as a riding teacher. He competed in the 1928 Olympics in show jumping. In 1931 he was a member of the Hungarian team that won the Nations Prize in Salzburg. He became a commander of an equestrian camp riding school but spent the years 1945-1947 in Soviet captivity and, upon his return, Kánya was fired. He later earned his living as an employee of the Kőszeg State Forestry.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Summer Olympics Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) HUN Antal Kánya
Individual, Men (Olympic) Gólya 39
Team, Men (Olympic) Gólya / Hungary 13