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József Csermák

1932 - 2001

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József Csermák (14 February 1932 – 12 January 2001 in Tapolca) was a Hungarian hammer thrower. He won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics with a throw of 60.34 m, setting a new world record and becoming the first athlete to break the 60 m barrier. At the next Olympics Csermák was chosen as the Olympic flag bearer for Hungary, but placed only fifth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of József Csermák has received more than 14,220 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). József Csermák is the 378th most popular athlete (up from 610th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 161st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Slovak Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, József Csermák ranks 378 out of 3,059Before him are Imre Nagy, Honus Wagner, Archon of Pella, Ottavio Missoni, Sándor Rozsnyói, and Netti Witziers-Timmer. After him are Manuel Plaza, Hans Jacob Nielsen, Valeri Popenchenko, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Jaroslav Holík, and Charles Gmelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, József Csermák ranks 285Before him are Billie Whitelaw, Lola Beltrán, Masten Gregory, Mario Cuomo, Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, and Banharn Silpa-archa. After him are Cliff Allison, Carlo Maria Abate, Princess Margarita of Baden, Javier Ambrois, Atef Ebeid, and Vladimir Yengibaryan. Among people deceased in 2001, József Csermák ranks 193Before him are Enrique Mateos, Lewis Arquette, Eugene Sledge, Jenő Fock, Vasily Abaev, and Dale Earnhardt. After him are Lee Cronbach, Yuri Ozerov, Jean Richard, Betty Holberton, Sivaji Ganesan, and Gerhard Stoltenberg.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, József Csermák ranks 145 out of 357Before him are Eugen Suchoň (1908), Eduard Heger (1976), Adolf Schwarz (1836), Joseph Franz von Jacquin (1766), Peter Sagan (1990), and Martin Kukučín (1860). After him are Alexander Moyzes (1906), Marián Masný (1950), Imrich Stacho (1931), Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau (1856), Andrei Glanzmann (1907), and Ján Kubiš (1952).

Among ATHLETES In Slovakia

Among athletes born in Slovakia, József Csermák ranks 4Before him are Alajos Szokolyi (1871), Vladimír Dzurilla (1942), and Imre Németh (1917). After him are Béla Szepes (1903), Jozef Pribilinec (1960), Imrich Bugár (1955), Michal Martikán (1979), Ján Volko (1996), Elena Kaliská (1972), Pavol Hurajt (1978), and Pavol Hochschorner (1979).