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Dezsö Gyarmati

Hungarian water polo player and coach
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Category: Arts & Culture
Born:
October 23, 1927, Miskolc, Hungary
Died:
August 18, 2013, Budapest (aged 85)
Awards And Honors:
Olympic Games
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Dezsö Gyarmati (born October 23, 1927, Miskolc, Hungary—died August 18, 2013, Budapest) was a Hungarian water polo player and coach. Widely regarded as one of the greatest water polo players of all time, Gyarmati starred for the Hungarian teams that dominated international water polo competition in the 1950s. He won medals in five consecutive Olympic Games (1948–64). Gyarmati’s first Olympic appearance came at the 1948 Games in London, where the Hungarian squad took the silver medal. In the 1952 Games in Helsinki, he was the star of the gold medal-winning team that tied Yugoslavia in the final game, winning the ...(100 of 327 words)

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