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József Csermák

1932 - 2001

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József Csermák (14 February 1932 – 12 January 2001 in Tapolca) was a Hungarian hammer thrower. He won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics with a throw of 60.34 m, setting a new world record and becoming the first athlete to break the 60 m barrier. At the next Olympics Csermák was chosen as the Olympic flag bearer for Hungary, but placed only fifth. He failed to reach the final at the 1960 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. József Csermák is the 484th most popular athlete (up from 574th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 177th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Slovak Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, József Csermák ranks 484 out of 6,025. Before him are Wally Kinnear, Imre Nagy, Olivér Halassy, Henry Eriksson, Ken McArthur, and Sara Simeoni. After him are Saverio Ragno, Lauri Lehtinen, Donald Lippincott, Naftali Temu, Mildred McDaniel, and Yusuf Dikeç.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, József Csermák ranks 281. Before him are Bruce Glover, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Antonio Roma, Hisashi Owada, Paul J. Weitz, and László Sárosi. After him are Edgar Reitz, Tormod Knutsen, Luis Ayala, Medea Abrahamyan, Antti Hyvärinen, and Michel Leblond. Among people deceased in 2001, József Csermák ranks 183. Before him are Eileen Heckart, Mario Perazzolo, Vladimir Semichastny, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Ernst Baier, and Jan Kott. After him are Ardito Desio, Donella Meadows, Grigory Chukhray, Luis Rijo, Ken Aston, and Troy Donahue.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, József Csermák ranks 146 out of 418. Before him are Ignatz Kolisch (1837), Ján Kozák (1954), Ladislav Petráš (1946), Hana Hegerová (1931), János Bihari (1764), and Janko Matúška (1821). After him are Samo Chalupka (1812), Alexander Moyzes (1906), János Hadik (1863), Ján Švehlík (1950), Igor Matovič (1973), and Jozef Móder (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In Slovakia

Among athletes born in Slovakia, József Csermák ranks 5. Before him are Alajos Szokolyi (1871), Vladimír Dzurilla (1942), Imre Németh (1917), and Pavel Schmidt (1930). After him are 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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