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Károly Takács

1910 - 1976

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Károly Takács (21 January 1910 – 5 January 1976) was the first shooter to win two Olympic gold medals in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event, both with his left hand after his right hand was seriously injured. He is the third known physically disabled athlete to have competed in the Olympic Games after George Eyser in 1904 and Olivér Halassy in 1928, followed by Liz Hartel in 1952, Neroli Fairhall in 1984 and Oscar Pistorius in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Károly Takács is the 1,516th most popular athlete (up from 2,628th in 2019), the 699th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 849th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Károly Takács ranks 1,516 out of 6,025. Before him are William Hogenson, Arno Bieberstein, Jutta Heine, Finn Haunstoft, Jiří Lanský, and Sylvi Saimo. After him are Tatyana Prorochenko, Martina Hellmann, Miklós Ambrus, Josef Kloimstein, Takashi Ishimoto, and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 66 kg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Károly Takács ranks 347. Before him are Hilda Strike, Edmundo Ros, Erik Ode, Alois Schnabel, Alexandru Cuedan, and María Rosa Lida de Malkiel. After him are Grațian Sepi, Henri Louveau, Lucky Dube, Gerd Hornberger, Gordon B. Hinckley, and Gavino Matta. Among people deceased in 1976, Károly Takács ranks 232. Before him are Lawrence Shields, Samuel Eliot Morison, Ivan Borkovský, Alexandru Cuedan, Segundo Durandal, and Florence Ballard. After him are Gastone Darè, Henri Eberhardt, Tadeusz Friedrich, Hans Theilig, Horacio Muñoz, and Wilhelmina von Bremen.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Károly Takács ranks 699 out of 1,077. Before him are Hilda Gobbi (1913), Victor Basch (1863), Sándor Kisfaludy (1772), Tibor Klampár (1953), Vilmos Varjú (1937), and Cécile Tormay (1876). After him are Miklós Ambrus (1933), János Urányi (1924), Zoltán Ribli (1951), Valentine Telegdi (1922), Gábor Novák (1934), and Béla Zsitnik (1924).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Károly Takács ranks 62. Before him are Zoltán Nemere (1942), László Jeney (1923), József Várszegi (1910), Géza Csapó (1950), Gábor Benedek (1927), and Vilmos Varjú (1937). After him are Miklós Ambrus (1933), János Urányi (1924), Gábor Novák (1934), Béla Zsitnik (1924), Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (1931), and Péter Baczakó (1951).

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