20 Facts About Zsolt Borkai

Zsolt Borkai was born on August 31,1965 and is a Hungarian Olympic gymnast champion and politician, who served as the mayor of Gyor from 1 October 2006 to 8 November 2019.

Zsolt Borkai was President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee between 20 November 2010 and 2 May 2017.

Zsolt Borkai competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he won a gold medal in pommel horse.

Zsolt Borkai won a gold medal in pommel horse and a bronze medal in the horizontal bars at the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam.

Zsolt Borkai was elected to its Athletic Committee in September 1989.

Zsolt Borkai was elected to the presidium of the Hungarian Gymnastics Federation in 1996.

Zsolt Borkai became vice-chair of the West Transdanubian Regional Youth Council in 1999.

Zsolt Borkai functioned as Chairperson of the Sport Committee of Gyor-Moson-Sopron County from 1999 to 2002.

Zsolt Borkai was elected one of the vice-presidents of the MOB in 2009.

Zsolt Borkai served as social president of Gyori Audi ETO KC until May 2011.

Zsolt Borkai served as President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee from 20 November 2010 to 2 May 2017, replacing Pal Schmitt.

Zsolt Borkai argued the MOB established a professional body to examine Hungary's chances of submitting an Olympic bid after the IOC adopted the Olympic Agenda 2020.

Zsolt Borkai was replaced as President by Krisztian Kulcsar on 2 May 2017.

Zsolt Borkai entered the 2006 Hungarian local elections as the candidate of Fidesz for the mayor of Gyor where he gained victory and then re-elected in 2010,2014, and 2019.

Zsolt Borkai was a Member of Parliament for Gyor between 2010 and 2014.

Zsolt Borkai worked in the Defense and Law Enforcement Committee.

Zsolt Borkai said he was not sure that the text of the constitutional amendment had been rewritten for him, but if so, he considered it as an honor.

Shortly before the 2019 Hungarian local elections, he became a subject of controversy because an anonymous blogger released a video in which Zsolt Borkai is seen having an extramarital affair with a young woman on a yacht with numerous others which showed hints at drug use supposedly somewhere on the Adriatic Sea.

However, less than a month after his re-election, Zsolt Borkai announced his resignation even as mayor in an open letter to the people of Gyor on 6 November 2019, effective on 8 November after the inaugural meeting of the city's General Assembly.

Zsolt Borkai is married since 1989, his wife is educator Myrtill Havassy.