Dezsö Gyarmati

Dezsö Gyarmati (born October 23, 1927, Miskolc, Hungary—died August 18, 2013, Budapest) was a Hungarian water polo player and coach. Widely regarded as one of the greatest water polo players of all time, Gyarmati starred for the Hungarian teams that dominated international water polo competition in the 1950s. He won medals in five consecutive Olympic Games (1948–64). Gyarmati’s first Olympic appearance came at the 1948 Games in London, where the Hungarian squad took the silver...