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The Hungarian Olympic Academy continued to work with the same members, but with a new Secretary-General, Béla Gyor. Before being elected, he worked as the head of a temporary coordinating committee. Its members were Lilla Szijj and Dr Pál Hencsei. Dr Zsuzsanna Bukta represented the Academy at the ΙΟΑ Session for Presidents or Directors of National Olympic Academies in May 2019 and was also in attendance in Nicosia at the meeting of the European Olympic Academies. The representatives at the Session for Young Participants were Fanni Ferenczi and Farkas Mór Fekete.The youth camp was held in a beautiful small town in Hungary, Diósjenő, under the leadership of Bela Gyor, with 73 participating students and ten teachers. It was free for the members of the team that won the Olympic Quiz. The camp was conducted in collaboration with the Hungarian Canoe Federation, the Hungarian Athletics Association and the Budapest team, Honved. All activities and programmes were presented on the website of the Hungarian Olympic Committee.There is an excellent relationship with the Hungarian School Sport Federation on the annual organisation of the Olympic Quiz. The first five rounds were completed online and the final round was held in several cities in Hungary. The jury included athletes who have participated in the Olympics.Two conferences were also organised. The first took place at the Olympic Training Camp in Tata and the second took place in Romhány, with more than 100 participants.Each of the schools bears the name of an Olympic Medallist or an Olympian. In total there are four high schools and 23 primary schools with 12,000 students.Each school actively participates in the other's programmes.

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