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Mihály Mayer

1933 - 2000

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Mihály Mayer (27 December 1933 – 4 September 2000) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He is one of eight male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo. He was Jewish, was born in Újpest, and died in Budapest. Mayer was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal in the 1956 tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mihály Mayer is the 2,095th most popular athlete (down from 2,008th in 2019), the 795th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 783rd in 2019) and the 90th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mihály Mayer ranks 2,095 out of 6,025. Before him are Nobutaka Taguchi, Peter-Michael Kolbe, Marilyn Black, Ryszard Parulski, Zbigniew Jaremski, and Vladimir Ivanov. After him are Hadi Choopan, Valentina Sidorova, Elena Horvat, Sandra Chick, Carlos Rodríguez, and Jafar Salmasi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Mihály Mayer ranks 500. Before him are Johnny Unitas, Peter Orlovsky, Sheila Hancock, Daniel Massey, Steve Shirley, and Jeffrey Goldstone. After him are Raúl Sánchez, Lloyd Price, Colin Davis, Buddy MacKay, Maurice Stokes, and Glenn Corbett. Among people deceased in 2000, Mihály Mayer ranks 328. Before him are Bunny Austin, Julius J. Epstein, Barbara Sobotta, Iskandar Khatloni, Tranquilino Garcete, and Big Pun. After him are Lynden Pindling, Jafar Salmasi, Sid Abel, Henry Seiling, Nora Swinburne, and George Montgomery.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Mihály Mayer ranks 795 out of 1,077. Before him are Zoltán Huszárik (1931), Jenő Kamuti (1937), Béla Várady (1953), Pál Dárdai (1976), András Törőcsik (1955), and Béla Bollobás (1943). After him are Péter Besenyei (1956), Ádám Szalai (1987), Dezső Lemhényi (1917), Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922), Katalin Vad (1980), and Tamás Kovács (1943).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Mihály Mayer ranks 90. Before him are László Fábián (1936), Ambrus Nagy (1927), Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (1939), Jenő Hámori (1933), Mór Kóczán (1885), and Lajos Rácz (1952). After him are Dezső Lemhényi (1917), Zoltán Melis (1947), Mihály Fülöp (1936), Ferenc Konrád (1945), Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky (1936), and Zoltán Sztanity (1954).

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