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Éva Székely

1927 - 2020

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Éva Székely (3 April 1927 – 29 February 2020) was a Hungarian swimmer. She won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and the silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics, set six world records, and won 44 national titles. She held the first world record in the 400 m individual medley in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Éva Székely is the 248th most popular athlete (down from 235th in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 361st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Éva Székely ranks 248 out of 6,025. Before her are Janusz Kusociński, Sebastian Coe, Lauri Virtanen, Bobby Morrow, Helge Løvland, and Carlos Lopes. After her are Jüri Tarmak, Charles Frédéric Petit, Viktor Tsybulenko, Yelena Isinbayeva, Charley Borah, and Adolfo Consolini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Éva Székely ranks 191. Before her are Paula Hawkins, Gisèle Halimi, Eugene Parker, Patti Page, Per Oscarsson, and Florencio Campomanes. After her are Vladimir Kuts, Gary Bertini, Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Jack Cassidy, Bernard Fox, and Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten. Among people deceased in 2020, Éva Székely ranks 240. Before her are Mario Corso, Gisèle Halimi, Zindzi Mandela, Orson Bean, James Flynn, and Bobby Morrow. After her are Silvio Marzolini, Tarun Gogoi, Jack Welch, Ken Shimura, Sadiq al-Mahdi, and Park Won-soon.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Éva Székely ranks 335 out of 1,077. Before her are Lajos Czeizler (1893), Károly Palotai (1935), Stephen Heller (1813), Sándor Puhl (1955), Sára Salkaházi (1899), and Antal Szerb (1901). After her are Sigismund Rákóczi (1544), Antal Dunai (1943), Elizabeth Granowska (1372), György Orth (1901), Endre Szemerédi (1940), and Árpád Szakasits (1888).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Éva Székely ranks 10. Before her are Rudolf Bauer (1879), Ferenc Mohácsi (1929), Nándor Dáni (1871), Miklós Németh (1946), Imre Földi (1938), and Gyula Kellner (1871). After her are Angéla Németh (1946), Gyula Zsivótzky (1937), Márta Rudas (1937), Olga Gyarmati (1924), Gergely Kulcsár (1934), and László Berti (1875).

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