Béla Mező

Dr. Béla Elemér Mező (1 July 1883, in Nagyfalu – 17 April 1954, in Budapest) was a Hungarian track and field athlete who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Unfortunately due to the rough transatlantic crossing and related stomach ailments he did not compete in full form, ran his Olympic heats quite unwell and was not able to match his championship performance levels.

Following his sports career he became a well-respected surgeon and adjunct professor of the medical school, held several patents including a surgical powder used widely to treat post op wounds.

In his later years he developed special treatments based on the sympathetic nervous system of the body.

Dr. Mező loved the outdoors as an avid hunter and wild life conservationist and later as a fisherman.