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Béla Szepes

1903 - 1986

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Béla Miklós Szepes (né Strauch; 5 September 1903 – 20 June 1986) was a Hungarian skier, athlete, graphic designer and journalist. He competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics and won the silver medal in the javelin throw in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He captured seven Hungarian Athletics Championships and three British Athletics Championships titles. Later Szepes had a successful career as a graphic artist, becoming an influential sports cartoonist in Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Béla Szepes is the 1,307th most popular athlete (up from 1,493rd in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 229th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Slovak Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Béla Szepes ranks 1,307 out of 6,025. Before him are Roberto Battaglia, Jackson Scholz, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Viljo Heino, and Ine Schäffer. After him are Asbjørn Ruud, Gustav Goßler, Klaus Reichert, Daniel Bautista, Edwin Graves, and Charles Blondin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Béla Szepes ranks 296. Before him are Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Nilo Murtinho Braga, Curly Howard, M. King Hubbert, Alan Napier, and Emil Hirschfeld. After him are Vicente Piera, Preston Tucker, Gejus van der Meulen, Lajos Maszlay, Werner Klingler, and Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés. Among people deceased in 1986, Béla Szepes ranks 241. Before him are Samuel Zauber, Ria Baran, Giovanni Invernizzi, Hans Pesser, Igor Tselovalnikov, and Jackson Scholz. After him are Edwin Graves, Lyudmila Pakhomova, Arvid Thörn, Enrique Tierno Galván, James Fifer, and Blanche Sweet.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Béla Szepes ranks 216 out of 418. Before him are Jozef Chovanec (1960), János Fadrusz (1858), Dušan Galis (1949), Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855), Ivan Bella (1964), and Ján Čapkovič (1948). After him are Ján Kubiš (1952), Timrava (1867), Ľudovít Fulla (1902), Koloman Sokol (1902), Adolf Schwarz (1836), and Róbert Vittek (1982).

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Among ATHLETES In Slovakia

Among athletes born in Slovakia, Béla Szepes ranks 7. Before him are Alajos Szokolyi (1871), Vladimír Dzurilla (1942), Imre Németh (1917), Pavel Schmidt (1930), József Csermák (1932), and Ferenc Sidó (1923). After him are Imrich Bugár (1955), Jozef Pribilinec (1960), Dušan Pašek (1960), Michal Martikán (1979), Pavol Hochschorner (1979), and Elena Kaliská (1972).

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