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Ilona Novák

1925 - 2019

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Ilona Novák (16 May 1925 – 14 March 2019) was a Hungarian swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where she finished 4th in 100 m backstroke and 5th in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. At the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki she received a gold medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay as captain of the Hungarian team. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1973, together with her sister, Éva Novák. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilona Novák is the 40th most popular swimmer (down from 24th in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 469th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ilona Novák ranks 40 out of 709. Before her are Otto Fahr, Đurđica Bjedov, Yoshi Oyakawa, Valéria Gyenge, Aileen Riggin, and Charles Daniels. After her are Arvo Aaltonen, George Hodgson, Yasuji Miyazaki, Judit Temes, Barbara Krause, and Shigeo Arai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ilona Novák ranks 286. Before her are Ignacio López Tarso, Tajuddin Ahmad, Jan Wolkers, Geoffrey Burbidge, Jacques Sernas, and Justus Dahinden. After her are Abdelsalam Majali, Hasse Jeppson, Bernardo Ruiz, Leo Ryan, Alfred Kelbassa, and Georg Buschner. Among people deceased in 2019, Ilona Novák ranks 279. Before her are Rui Jordão, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Piero Tosi, Julie Adams, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, and Elina Bystritskaya. After her are Kjell Bäckman, Bob Hawke, Sven Lindqvist, Hannelore Elsner, Theo Adam, and Michael J. Pollard.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ilona Novák ranks 475 out of 1,077. Before her are Jenő Jandó (1952), Alexandre Trauner (1906), Edith Bruck (1931), József Tóth (1929), Yuriy Venelin (1802), and Imre Polyák (1932). After her are Iván Menczel (1941), Ádám Fischer (1949), János Farkas (1942), Franciska Gaal (1903), Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (1867), and Lajos Csordás (1932).

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Among SWIMMERS In Hungary

Among swimmers born in Hungary, Ilona Novák ranks 6. Before her are Johnny Weissmuller (1904), Alfréd Hajós (1878), Katalin Szőke (1935), István Bárány (1907), and Valéria Gyenge (1933). After her are Judit Temes (1930), Károly Bartha (1907), Imre Zachár (1890), Ferenc Csik (1913), Éva Novák-Gerard (1930), and Géza Kádas (1926).

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