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Imre Németh

1917 - 1989

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Imre Németh (23 September 1917 – 18 August 1989) was a Hungarian hammer thrower. Németh was born in Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia) in 1917. He won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain. He returned four years later to defend his title at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland but failed, only managing to finish third for the bronze medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Imre Németh is the 206th most popular athlete (down from 204th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 108th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Slovak Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Imre Németh ranks 206 out of 6,025. Before him are Ewa Kłobukowska, Tilly Fleischer, George Rhoden, Berit Mørdre, Gunnar Höckert, and Gaston Roelants. After him are Klas Lestander, Samuel Jones, Gyula Kellner, Saint-George Ashe, Jonni Myyrä, and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Imre Németh ranks 151. Before him are Sameera Moussa, Mongo Santamaría, Robert Conquest, Zoltán Fábri, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, and Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria. After him are Leopoldo Trieste, El Santo, Heinrich Ehrler, Dmitry Belyayev, Adolfo Consolini, and Aníbal Paz. Among people deceased in 1989, Imre Németh ranks 119. Before him are Betti Alver, Michał Rola-Żymierski, Robert B. Anderson, Elisaveta Bykova, Richie Ginther, and Gerhard Schröder. After him are Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Riccardo Morandi, Wally Ris, Wilfrid Sellars, Yuliya Solntseva, and Robert Webber.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Imre Németh ranks 95 out of 418. Before him are Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806), Ján Chryzostom Korec (1924), László Hudec (1893), Imre Madách (1823), Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849), and Archduchess Isabella of Austria (1888). After him are Peter Machajdík (1961), Ernest Nagel (1901), Štefan Čambal (1908), Magdaléna Vášáryová (1948), Štefan Tiso (1897), and Miroslav Lajčák (1963).

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Among ATHLETES In Slovakia

Among athletes born in Slovakia, Imre Németh ranks 3. Before him are Alajos Szokolyi (1871), and Vladimír Dzurilla (1942). After him are Pavel Schmidt (1930), József Csermák (1932), Ferenc Sidó (1923), Béla Szepes (1903), Imrich Bugár (1955), Jozef Pribilinec (1960), Dušan Pašek (1960), Michal Martikán (1979), and Pavol Hochschorner (1979).

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