Hungary takes a gold at WorldSkills

The Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) said on Monday that Hungarians won one gold and two bronze medals at the WorldSkills 2024 championships in Lyon.

Hungary has been a member of WorldSkills International since 2006 and WorldSkills Europe since 2007.

At last year’s European Championships, EuroSkills Gdansk 2023, the Hungarian team achieved a historic success. Tamás Bandúr and Zsolt Koncsik became European Champions in the IT Systems Operator Team Competition, and with the highest score achieved by Hungarian competitors, they also won the title of Best of the Nation. In all the events, the highest scores were awarded to Jos de Goey – Best in Europe.

WorldSkills Lyon 2024

There were 1,383 registered competitors at a competition of professions on September 10-15. General information about WorldSkills Lyon 2024:

• 71 registered member countries (69 member countries registered competitors, 2 member countries only experts)
• Professional competition in 59 official disciplines + 3 demonstration disciplines
• Hungarian participation in 21 disciplines with 25 competitors, 21 experts, 3 Team Leaders, 1 official delegate, 1 technical delegate, 1 technical delegate assistant

Olivér Mrakovics won gold in the web technologies category, MKIK said. Zsolt Koncsik was awarded bronze in IT network systems administration, and Kornel Stefan took bronze in IT software solutions for business. Hungarians also took home 18 medallions for excellence.

Summary of results:

Source: MKIK

Source: MKIK

At the WorldSkills General Assembly 2024, Members chose to hold the WorldSkills Competition 2028 in Aichi after a compelling bid from Japan, the official site said.

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