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Alfréd Hajós

1878 - 1955

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Alfréd Hajós (1 February 1878 – 12 November 1955) was a Hungarian swimmer, football (soccer) player, referee, manager, and career architect. He was the first modern Olympic swimming champion and the first Olympic champion of Hungary. Formerly excelling in track including discus and hurdles, he was part of the first National European football/soccer team fielded by Hungary in 1902, later serving as a referee as well as the manager and coach of the national football team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfréd Hajós is the 4th most popular swimmer, the 183rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 202nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Alfréd Hajós ranks 4 out of 709. Before him are Johnny Weissmuller, Gertrude Ederle, and Mark Spitz. After him are Michael Phelps, Mike Troy, Rie Mastenbroek, Jimmy McLane, Duke Kahanamoku, Charlie Hickcox, Wally Ris, and Frederick Holman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Alfréd Hajós ranks 52. Before him are Georg Kaiser, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, Stepan Shaumian, P. D. Ouspensky, Léon Werth, and Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria. After him are Slavko Kvaternik, Boris Kustodiev, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Mahmud Barzanji, Richard Sheldon, and Hattie Wyatt Caraway. Among people deceased in 1955, Alfréd Hajós ranks 48. Before him are Eugène Joseph Delporte, Alexander Wienerberger, Otto Braun, Léon Werth, Theda Bara, and Max Pechstein. After him are Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Olga Khokhlova, Pierre Levegh, Manuel Ávila Camacho, Henri Delaunay, and Nicolas de Staël.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Alfréd Hajós ranks 183 out of 1,077. Before him are Árpád Göncz (1922), László Csatáry (1915), Péter Medgyessy (1942), Gyula Cseszneky (1914), Aladár Gerevich (1910), and Ferenc Bene (1944). After him are Ferenc Deák (1803), Franz Xaver von Zach (1754), Constance of Hungary (1180), Valamir (420), Hannah Szenes (1921), and Gyula Lóránt (1923).

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Among SWIMMERS In Hungary

Among swimmers born in Hungary, Alfréd Hajós ranks 2. Before him are Johnny Weissmuller (1904). After him are Katalin Szőke (1935), István Bárány (1907), Valéria Gyenge (1933), Ilona Novák (1925), Judit Temes (1930), Károly Bartha (1907), Imre Zachár (1890), Ferenc Csik (1913), Éva Novák-Gerard (1930), and Géza Kádas (1926).

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