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István Somodi

1885 - 1963

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István Somodi (22 August 1885, Kolozsvár, Kingdom of Hungary – 8 June 1963, Cluj, Romania) was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He competed for Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics, held in London, Great Britain, where he won the silver medal in the high jump. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of István Somodi has received more than 7,494 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). István Somodi is the 405th most popular athlete (up from 484th in 2019), the 313th most popular biography from Romania (up from 325th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Romanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, István Somodi ranks 405 out of 3,059Before him are P. T. Usha, Carlo Agostoni, Fauja Singh, Lajos Steiner, Jonni Myyrä, and Bobby Morrow. After him are Bud Houser, Colette Besson, Percy Williams, Patrik Sjöberg, Kazım Ayvaz, and Nils Hellsten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, István Somodi ranks 163Before him are Alfréd Haar, Alexander Tairov, Sophia Parnok, Frederic Lewy, Iuliu Hossu, and Johannes de Jong. After him are Jaafar Al-Askari, Nils Hellsten, Charles Daniels, Pierre Dupong, Richmond K. Turner, and Artur Lemba. Among people deceased in 1963, István Somodi ranks 134Before him are Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Boris Kostić, Learco Guerra, Erik Lundqvist, J. D. Tippit, and Sonny Clark. After him are Nils Hellsten, Georg Braun, Cilly Aussem, Kay Sage, Artur Lemba, and Arthur Jonath.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, István Somodi ranks 313 out of 665Before him are Lascăr Catargiu (1823), Dacian Cioloș (1969), Rudolf Bürger (1908), Alexandru Todea (1912), Lajos Steiner (1903), and Isidor Kaufmann (1853). After him are Júlia Sigmond (1929), Gheorghe Mureșan (1971), Dimitrie Ghica (1816), Ion Barbu (1895), Spiru Haret (1851), and Victor Ponta (1972).

Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, István Somodi ranks 5Before him are Iolanda Balaș (1936), Ivan Patzaichin (1949), Ion Drîmbă (1942), and Lajos Steiner (1903). After him are Maricica Puică (1950), Doina Melinte (1956), Mihaela Peneș (1947), Argentina Menis (1948), Ileana Silai (1941), Valeriu Bularca (1931), and Valeria Bufanu (1946).