Ernö Holecsek

Ernö Holecsek was born in Cluj-Napoca, formerly known as Koloszvár, the centre of the now Romanian region of Transylvania. In 1912, he was entered for the standing high jump and the pentathlon at the Stockholm Olympics but did not start. As a track and field athlete, he represented the Kolozsvári Atlétikai Club (KAC).

Holecsek was also active as a football player, winning the first championship of the Eastern division with the team of KASK (Kolozsvári Kereskedelmi Akadémiai Sportkör) in 1908. A few years later, he competed successfully in ice hockey and speed skating for KKE (Kolozsvári Korcsolyázó Egylet [Kolozsvár Ice Skating Association]). As a speed skater, he placed second at the 1911 Hungarian Championship in the 1,000 m.