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Hungarian success stories of 2017
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Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu assembled a list of the most notable success stories of 2017. The list is quite widespread. There are awards winners, sports champions, new design ideas and many more. Check out a portion of what Hungarians were able to accomplish this year.
January
Zsombor Piros defeated his opponent Israeli Yshai Oliel, and he won the Boys’ singles championship at Australian tennis tournament: 2017 Australian Open.
Aria Hotel Budapest won TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice award.
February
Hungarian short film Mindenki (Sing) directed by Kristóf Deák won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. Sing is the first Hungarian film ever to win an Oscar within this category.
The Chain Bridge was featured in Traveler Magazine’s list about the top 10 most beautiful bridges in the world.
March
Audi recruited the talented Vivi Keszthelyi who became the youngest female racing driver in the world. She is only 16 years old but she is racing in one of the most serious racing series: Audi TT Cup.
The Hungarian start-up Cabsolutely gained success in the United States where 3 cab companies are already using the Hungarian dispatcher system. Cabsolutely was created by Virág Réti and András Simon.
April
Attila Mányoki swam the Cook Strait (between the North and South Islands of New Zealand) which is 22 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, and it is considered to be one of the most dangerous and unpredictable waters in the world. The whole country was amazed by his incredible accomplishment.
Popular Hungarian film Kincsem broke box office record as it was watched by more than 300,000 people. No Hungarian film has been watched by this many people for almost a decade, the last one was Children of Glory in 2006.
