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Olivér Halassy

1909 - 1946

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Olivér Halassy (né Haltmayer; 31 July 1909 – 10 September 1946) was a Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. Halassy lost his left leg below the knee when he was hit by a train at the age of 11. He later became the first amputee swimmer to compete in the Olympics. He was a member of the Hungarian water polo teams that won one silver and two gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olivér Halassy is the 480th most popular athlete (up from 612th in 2019), the 462nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 525th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Olivér Halassy ranks 480 out of 6,025. Before him are Paavo Yrjölä, Milan Nenadić, Steinar Amundsen, Adolf Wiklund, Wally Kinnear, and Imre Nagy. After him are Henry Eriksson, Ken McArthur, Sara Simeoni, József Csermák, Saverio Ragno, and Lauri Lehtinen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Olivér Halassy ranks 227. Before him are David Miller, Eva Justin, Vagn Holmboe, Aruna Asaf Ali, Ferenc Fejtő, and Martha Norelius. After him are Piotr Jaroszewicz, Adolf Šimperský, Đorđe Vujadinović, Guillermo León Valencia, Leo Sexton, and Léo Malet. Among people deceased in 1946, Olivér Halassy ranks 146. Before him are Gualberto Villarroel, Victor Loret, Alfred Stock, W. C. Fields, Ada Adler, and Aleksandr Bogomolets. After him are Blanche Bingley, Louis Bachelier, Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Federico Laredo Brú, Moisei Ginzburg, and Henri Le Fauconnier.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Olivér Halassy ranks 462 out of 1,077. Before him are Gábor Szabó (1936), Ferenc Kósa (1937), Ferenc Fejtő (1909), Károly Sándor (1928), Gábor Király (1976), and László Sárosi (1932). After him are Valéria Gyenge (1933), Géza von Bolváry (1897), Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Antal Nagy (1944), Alfréd Rényi (1921), and Zoltán Varga (1945).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Olivér Halassy ranks 20. Before him are Olga Gyarmati (1924), Gergely Kulcsár (1934), László Berti (1875), Tamás Mendelényi (1936), Imre Harangi (1913), and Ödön Földessy (1929). After him are Imre Polyák (1932), Gyula Török (1938), Richard Thompson (null), Ervin Mészáros (1877), Tibor Tatai (1944), and György Bródy (1908).

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