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Károly Takács: Quick Facts

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Born January 21, 1910 • Budapest • Hungary
Died January 5, 1976 (aged 65) • Budapest • Hungary
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Champion Olympic marksman Károly Takács
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Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek
Czech runner
Mal Whitfield smiles and holds his medal in its box after winning the 800-metre race at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, with a stadium crowd in the background.
Mal Whitfield
American athlete
Laszlo Papp
László Papp
Hungarian boxer
Fanny Blankers-Koen leaps over a hurdle ahead of other runners during the 80-metre hurdles race at the 1948 London Olympics, with a stadium crowd in the background.
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch athlete
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australian athlete
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Paul Elvstrøm
Danish yachtsman
Diver Sammy Lee is presented with a gold medal at the 1948 Olympics in London
Sammy Lee
American diver
Christian d'Oriola
Christian d’Oriola
French athlete
Bob Mathias
Bob Mathias
American athlete
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Parry O’Brien
American athlete
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Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Brazilian athlete
Jackson, Marjorie
Marjorie Jackson
Australian athlete
Fredriksson, Gert
Gert Fredriksson
Swedish athlete
Galina Zybina
Galina Zybina
Soviet athlete
Hungarian hero
Ferenc Puskás
Hungarian football (soccer) player
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Dezsö Gyarmati
Hungarian water polo player and coach
Krisztina Egerszegi
Krisztina Egerszegi
Hungarian swimmer
Champion Olympic fencer Aladár Gerevich
Aladár Gerevich
Hungarian fencer
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Zoltán Halmay
Hungarian swimmer
Hungarian fencer Ilona Elek
Ilona Elek
Hungarian fencer

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