KOSZTA LADISLAU 

(Laci)

ILSA's second swimmer to participate in the Olympic Games

• Born 1947

• Coach Lovas Peter's most successful athlete

• Emerged in 1965 as Romania's top breaststroker

• Romanian national champion, 100 and 200 meter breaststroke, circa 1966-1970

• First major international competition: Rome, Italy, circa 1965

• Olympic semifinalist, 100 meter breaststroke, Mexico City, 1968 (13th place overall)

• 11th place finisher, 200 meter breaststroke, Mexico City Olympics, 1968

• Semifinalist in the European Swimming Championships (circa 1967-1969)

• Romanian record holder, 100 meter breaststroke (1:08:50) (circa 1968)

• Shamelessly renamed Costa Vasile by the official sports media

• Great rivalry with Bucharest's Angel Sopterian

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering (Facultatea de Electrotehnica, Timisoara, 1971)

• Left Romania during the late 1970's

• Settled in the New York area 

• Multilingual (Romanian, Hungarian, English)

LOVAS PETER (Peter-Bacsi)

  ILSA's only swimming coach to participate in the Olympic Games

• Born 1934

• Multilingual (Romanian, Hungarian, German)

• Participated in the Mexico City Olympic Games, 1968, as Koszta Laci's coach

• Romanian national champion, butterfly, 1950s

• Timisoara's most successful swim coach ever

• Has produced many national champions

• Known for his ability to develop thinking athletes

• Settled in Germany in the early 1970s

• Coached in Freiburg, Germany, for nearly 30 years

• Passed away in Freiburg, Germany, in January 2001

ADALBERT STANESCU (Stubi)

ILSA's undisputed longevity champion

• Born circa 1924 (surname at birth: Sterbenz)

• One of the original ILSA athletes

• Surname changed to Stanescu in the 1940s

• Two decades of playing for ILSA (1938-1958)

• Member of ILSA's Dream team (multiple national champion)

• Many times Romania's scoring champion

• Member of Romania's water polo national team

• Participated in the Helsinki Olympic Games, 1952

• Two decades of coaching (1950-1970)

• International and Major League water polo referee (1958-1968)

• Honorary titles: Antrenor Emerit; Maestru Emerit al Sportului

• Multilingual (Romanian, Hungarian, German)

 NORMAN ZOLTAN (Zoli)

One of ILSA's best goalies ever

• Born in 1919

• One of the original ILSA athletes

• Member of ILSA's DreamTeam (multiple national champion)

• Member of Romania's water polo national team

• Participated in the Helsinki Olympic Games, 1952

• Coached ILSA's youth team

• Remained connected with the club for decades 

• Arguably ILSA's best goalie ever

 IOSIM OCTAVIAN (Yotza)

Played and coached on two continents

• Member of ILSA's Dream Team (multiple national champion)

• Member of Romania's water polo national team

• Played in the Helsinki Olympic Games, 1952 

• Played in the Water Polo European Championship, Torino, Italy (1954)

• Honorary title: Maestru al Sportului

• Brother of ILSA swimmer Mariana Iosim

• Settled in Israel with wife Gerti (born Weisz)

• Nicknamed Yotza

• Coached Hapoel Tel Aviv's water polo team

• Passed away in Israel

 TÖRÖK GABOR (Gabi)

Outstanding coach and player

• Born in Hungary (1919)

• Member of ILSA's Dream Team (multiple national champion)

• Coached the water polo team during its most successful period

• Member of Romania's water polo national team

• Coached Romania's water polo national team

• Participated in the Helsinki Olympic Games, 1952

• Honorary title: Maestru al Sportului

 HOSZPODAR ZOLTAN (Zsoni)

Olympic water polo player and swimming standout

• Born in Arad, 1933

• Only ILSA athlete to have competed in two Olympic Games

• Excelled in freestyle events, from 100 m to 1500 m

• Won eight national champion titles between 1950-55 (swimming)

• Played in the Water Polo European Championship, Torino, Italy (1954)

• Played in the Helsinki Olympic Games, 1952 (17th place) (water polo)

• Played in the Melbourne Olympic Games, 1956 (8th place) (water polo)

• Defected immediately after the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956

• Settled near San Francisco, California, USA

NOVAK IOSIF (Bupsi)

• Born in 1922

• One of ILSA's best ever

• Made Romania's National Team in both swimming and water polo

• First swimmer from Romania to participate in Olympic swimming

• Participated in the Helsinki Olympic Games, 1952 

• Olympic times: 1:00.60 (100 meter freestyle) (26th place)

• Multiple Romanian national champion and record holder during 1947-1955

• Prominent member of ILSA's Dream Team (Arany Csapat)

• Dominated the domestic scene in the 100 meter freestyle event

TOTH TIMEA

PHOTO COMING SOON

• Born in Timisoara in 1968

• Started swimming at age 5 

• Brought by Coach Doina Pentia to national prominence

• Also coached by Sala Codruta

• National record holder in butterfly 

• Emigrated to Israel in 19??

• Represented Israel in the Barcelona Olympic Games, 1992

• Olympic results: 20th & 29th place (200 & 100 meter butterfly)

• Olympic times: 1:03.18 (100 meter butterfly); 2:16.84 (200 meter butterfly)