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Zoltán Horváth

1937 - 2025

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Zoltán Horváth (12 March 1937 – 12 June 2025) was a Hungarian sabre fencer. At the 1960 Olympics, he won the gold medal in the team competition, and the individual silver medal behind teammate Rudolf Kárpáti. Horváth also took part in the 1964 Olympics, placing fifth in the team competition. At world championships, his greatest success came in 1962, when he won the individual competition and placed second with the team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zoltán Horváth is the 69th most popular athlete (up from 289th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 398th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Zoltán Horváth ranks 69 out of 6,025. Before him are Wallace, Yuriy Sedykh, Patrick Ryan, Alajos Szokolyi, Hubert Van Innis, and Marina Doria. After him are Jim Lightbody, Ibolya Csák, Frederick Schule, Vasily Alekseyev, John Walker, and Fritz Hofmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Zoltán Horváth ranks 117. Before him are John Horton Conway, Ange-Félix Patassé, Shirley Bassey, Carmen Pereira, Ryutaro Hashimoto, and Vittorio Brambilla. After him are Aleksandr Medved, Cüneyt Arkın, Viacheslav Chornovil, Franz Vranitzky, Francis Veber, and Amos Tversky. Among people deceased in 2025, Zoltán Horváth ranks 88. Before him are Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Jeannot Szwarc, Fred Stolle, Anastasios of Albania, Werner Leimgruber, and Dick McTaggart. After him are Suchinda Kraprayoon, Fabio Cudicini, Margarita Xhepa, Frits Bolkestein, Jerry Butler, and Priscilla Pointer.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Zoltán Horváth ranks 202 out of 1,077. Before him are Miklós Zrínyi (1620), André Kertész (1894), Miklós Németh (1948), Ferenc Erkel (1810), Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary (1817), and Mór Jókai (1825). After him are Mihály Munkácsy (1844), Viktor Barna (1911), Ludwig von Benedek (1804), Ibolya Csák (1915), Ferenc Fricsay (1914), and Andrea Kékesy (1926).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Zoltán Horváth ranks 2. Before him are Aladár Gerevich (1910). After him are Ibolya Csák (1915), Rudolf Bauer (1879), Ferenc Mohácsi (1929), Nándor Dáni (1871), Miklós Németh (1946), Imre Földi (1938), Gyula Kellner (1871), Éva Székely (1927), Angéla Németh (1946), and Gyula Zsivótzky (1937).

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