Key Figures · Racer

Laszlo Sumegi

Printed first in fifteen class lists of the Hungarian jet-ski championship between 1992 and 2002, in the federation's own table of results by season, ski, sport and runabout classes among them.

1. The early years, in print, 1981 to 1993 (this page's records)
2. The makers and their machines, 1985 to 2005 (this page's records)
3. Noise, safety and federal rules, 1996 to 2002
4. The rule book years, 2002 to 2018 (this page's records)
5. Three rule books, 2021 to 2026

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Titles on the record (15)

Each read off a results document the archive holds: a result sheet, or, for a season's title, the body's own champions grid or season table, with the name as that document prints it.

Results

Likely

The federation's season lists print the name Sümegi László with no other identifier. Its own table of champions by title count, in section 12 of the book, prints the name with 15 titles, which agrees with the 15 first places counted from the season lists in section 11 (Ski 3, Sport 2, and Runabout, Formula 1 and Formula 2 together 10, recounted on 2026-10-07), and its medal tables for those three groups of classes agree with the same lists. Reading every row as one rider rests on the name and that agreement, and is the archive's inference.

Sources: Hungarian national book 2006; Hungarian national book 2005

1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005 · Likely

The same lists print him second in SPORT MODIFIED in 1996, in RUNABOUT 1200 MODIFIED in 1998 and in OFFSHORE 1200 in 2000, and third in RUNABOUT 785 LIMITED and RUNABOUT 1200 MODIFIED in 1997, in RUNABOUT 1200 and FORMULA-1 in 2003 and in FORMULA-1 in 2004. For 2005 they print him fourth in RUNABOUT 1200 and fifth in FORMULA-1. In the 2005 edition of the same book the 2003 Runabout list is headed RUNABOUT 1600. Reading these rows as one rider rests on the inference stated in the first claim.

Sources: Hungarian national book 2006; Hungarian national book 2005; Hungarian 2005 championship standings

2005 · Confirmed

On the federation's official results list of the fifth round of the 2005 national championship, at Ónodi-tó on 20 and 21 August 2005, he is second in FORMULA 1 and third in RUNABOUT 1200, under the sheet's team column JL, start nr. column H6y (printed HJ6y on the RUNABOUT 1200 line) and type column K. The federation's standings sheets over five rounds place him fifth in FORMULA 1 on 159 points and fourth in RUNABOUT 1200 on 423. Those sheets print no year; 2005 rests on their fifth-round column matching this newsletter's order of finish. The start number register of the federation's 2005 book prints H6y beside his name.

Sources: Hungarian newsletter 9 of 2005; Hungarian 2005 championship standings; Hungarian national book 2005

1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 · Likely

The federation's table of its riders' results at European and world events lists him at the IJSBA European Championship in 1997 (13th in Runabout 785 Superstock; his Runabout 785 Limited place that year is the contested claim below), 1998 (14th in Runabout 785 Superstock), 2000, 2002 and 2003 (ninth, 10th and 10th in Runabout 1200 Superstock) and 2005 (14th in Runabout F1), at the UIM European Championship in 1998 (sixth in Runabout 785) and 2005 (seventh in Runabout Superstock), and at the UIM World Championship in 2004 (14th in Runabout 1200 Superstock). No organiser's result sheet for any of these events is held (searched the archive's mirror and the research cache, 2026-10-07).

Sources: Hungarian national book 2006; Hungarian national book 2005

2005 · Likely

The federation's table lists him third in Runabout 1200 at the 2005 UIM World Championship, and its 2006 foreword says he won a bronze medal at that year's men's world championship. Both are the federation's own account, and no UIM result sheet for it is held (searched the archive's mirror and the research cache, 2026-10-07); the UIM champions grid held prints champions only.

Sources: Hungarian national book 2006; Hungarian federation 2006 foreword

2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 · Likely

The federation's table of European results lists him first in FORMULA 1 of the 2000 and 2002 European F1, F2 series and third in 2001 and 2003 (headed EUROPEAN F1, F2, F3 in 2003), and its 2005 and 2006 forewords say he won the Formula 1 championship title in 2000 and 2002. The books print no organiser for the series, and no sheet of it is held (searched the archive's mirror and the research cache, 2026-10-07).

Sources: Hungarian national book 2006; Hungarian national book 2005; Hungarian federation 2005 foreword; Hungarian federation 2006 foreword

1997 · Contested

For 1997 the federation's accounts differ on his place in Runabout 785 limited at the IJSBA European Championship. Its 2005 and 2006 forewords say he took third place at the round held at Omszki-tó that year, and its table of results at European and world events lists him ninth in Runabout 785 Limited at the 1997 IJSBA European Championship. Both may be right if the foreword names the round and the table the series, but neither says so, and no sheet of the 1997 championship is held (searched the archive's mirror and the research cache, 2026-10-07).

Hungarian federation 2005 foreword says

The 2005 foreword says that at the IJSBA European Championship round held at Omszki-tó in 1997 Sümegi László took third place in Runabout 785 limited.

Hungarian national book 2006 says

Section 13.4 of the 2006 national book lists him ninth in Runabout 785 Limited, and 13th in Runabout 785 Superstock, at the 1997 IJSBA European Championship.

Sources: Hungarian federation 2005 foreword; Hungarian federation 2006 foreword; Hungarian national book 2006; Hungarian national book 2005

Recognition

Confirmed

The federation's list of perpetual Hungarian champions (örökös magyar bajnok), in its 2005 and 2006 books, prints his name with two other names. Neither book says how the title is earned (searched the held Hungarian federation texts for the term, 2026-10-07).

Sources: Hungarian national book 2006; Hungarian national book 2005

Confirmed

The federation's 2005 and 2006 books list him as one of four riders who received the ministerial distinction Sport Nívódíj in 2002.

Sources: Hungarian national book 2006; Hungarian national book 2005

Names as printed

Sümegi László (Hungarian national book 2006)

Elsewhere in the archive

• Organisation: Magyar Jet-Ski Szovetseg
• Organisation: Union Internationale Motonautique
• Organisation: International Jet Sports Boating Association
• Era: The early years, in print
• Era: The makers and their machines
• Era: The rule book years

What the archive has not read (2)

• The federation's season lists print the first ten places of each class and fewer in a small class, so no place below tenth is held for any season from 1992 to 2005 (read 2026-10-07).
• No held result sheet or result list places him in a race after 2005 (searched the archive's mirror and the research cache, 2026-10-07). The federation's 2006 start-number lists print his name with H8y and show no race.

Documents cited on this page

• Hungarian national book 2006 (web.archive.org): MJSZ 2006 rule book, part IV, the Hungarian national book (championship results 1992 to 2005 and European and world placings 1994 to 2005), Magyar Jet-Ski Szovetseg, 2006; sanctioning body, high. The federation's own book of national rules and results, in Hungarian, read from the extract held here. Section 11 prints the first ten places of each class, and fewer in a small class, in every season of the national championship from 1992 to 2005; section 12 its medal tables, a table of champions by title count, the list of perpetual Hungarian champions and the four riders honoured in 2002; section 13 the placings of its riders at European and world championships from 1994 to 2005; section 1 its officers and section 2 its member bodies with their representatives. High for the federation's own championship lists and tables, which are its own results. Section 13 reports events other bodies ran and no sheet of those events is held, so a claim that rests only on section 13 is marked likely. Names print family name first. The extract sets two class lists side by side and prints some Hungarian letters as substitute characters, so a name's class is read from its column, checked against the 2005 edition's tab-separated lists. The book also prints phone numbers, addresses and company registration numbers, none of which is copied.
• Hungarian national book 2005 (web.archive.org): MJSZ 2005 rule book, part IV, the Hungarian national book (championship results 1992 to 2004 and European and world placings 1994 to 2004), Magyar Jet-Ski Szovetseg, 2005; sanctioning body, high. The previous year's edition of the same book, captured as RTF on 1 March 2006 and read from the extract held here. Its section 11 covers the championship from 1992 to 2004, in tab-separated two-column lists that show which class each name sits under, which the 2006 edition's extract does not always do. It is the same body's book, so the two editions are not independent of each other. For the five riders read from both editions (checked 2026-10-07) every place in every list from 1992 to 2004 is the same in the same order; the one difference is that its 2003 and 2004 Runabout lists are headed 1100 and 1600 where the 2006 edition prints 800 and 1200. The same extract prints phone numbers and registration numbers, which are not copied.
• Hungarian 2005 championship standings (web.archive.org): Osszesitett, the Hungarian national championship's 2005 standings with points after five rounds (Excel file on jet-ski.hu, Wayback capture of 23 December 2005), Magyar Jet-Ski Szovetseg, 2005; sanctioning body, high. The federation's own 2005 standings, read from the Excel file into text, one block per sheet. The per-class sheets (Formula 1 and 2, Formula 3, Runabout, Ski and X2, free style and novice, slalom) give each rider a licence number, club code and start number and points for each of five rounds, and their orders match the 2006 book's 2005 lists. The first sheet, headed with older class names, is a different table set whose season is not established, and nothing here relies on it. In the Formula 1 and 2 sheets one rider's licence number differs from the one the newsletter prints for him; no claim uses a licence number.
• Hungarian newsletter 9 of 2005 (web.archive.org): Jet-Ski Sport Hirlevel No 9 / 2005, official results of the fifth round of the 2005 national championship (Land-Bau Jet-Ski Kupa, Onodi-to, 20 to 21 August 2005) and the year's champions, Magyar Jet-Ski Szovetseg, 2005-08-29; sanctioning body, high. The federation's newsletter dated 29 August 2005, whose first part is the round's official results list for Formula 1, 2 and 3, Ski, X2, Runabout 800 and 1200, free style and the novice classes, each row with licence number, club code, start number, make code, laps, penalties and points, followed by the year's champions and the results of the UIM European championship rounds in Switzerland. Read from the extract held here, which prints the Hungarian double acute letters as substitute characters. High as the federation's own results list for its own round; the UIM paragraphs report another body's event and are not relied on. It names its sponsor and its secretary, who are not used.
• Hungarian federation 2006 foreword (web.archive.org): MJSZ 2006 rule book, part I, foreword (the Hungarian affiliate's own account of its history and results to 2005), Magyar Jet-Ski Szovetseg, 2006; sanctioning body, medium. The 2006 edition of the foreword whose 2005 edition is also held, and longer than that one. It repeats the 2005 text on the federation's founding and its riders' European and world results, and adds the federation's hosting of European rounds from 1996 to 2003, the 2004 election of its president to the UIM's aquabike board, and the 2005 world and European medals. It is signed with three names and titles. Medium because it is the federation's own account, single-sourced, and the same body as the 2005 foreword, so the two are not independent. The signatories' contact details are not in the text.
• Hungarian federation 2005 foreword (web.archive.org): MJSZ 2005 rule book, part I, foreword (the Hungarian affiliate's own account of its history and of the EJSBA), Magyar Jet-Ski Szovetseg, 2005; sanctioning body, medium. A national affiliate's foreword, in Hungarian, read from the copy held here. It dates the federation to 12 November 1992, says Hungarian racing ran from 1991 under UIM-derived rules, and says that in January 1993 Hungary and five other countries formed the IJSBA's European committee, the EJSBA; it also says the two world federations reached no agreement on rules or race organisation. Medium because it is one affiliate's own account, single-sourced, and its signatories are not copied.

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