In early 1943, Pajor was a young and promising skater of 19 years old, but because World World War II was in progress there were not many competitions. After the war, skating competitions slowly returned to normal, and Pajor participated in the 1948 Winter Olympics of Saint Moritz, with a fourth place on the 10000 m as his best result. On the 10000 m during those championships, he skated a time of 16:58.7, which was faster than Charles Mathiesen"s nine-year-old world record of 17:01.5 on that distance.
However, Hjalmar Andersen became the new world record holder on the 10000 m, skating an even faster 16:57.4.
After those 1949 World Championships, Pajor did not return home from Oslo, defecting from Hungary. The International Skating Union (International Skating Union) allowed him to participate as an "independent skater" representing the International Skating Union. In Sweden he worked as an architect and had his own architect firm in Djursholm.
To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Pajor skated his personal records.
