ATHLETE

József Kovács

1926 - 1987

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József Kovács (3 March 1926 – 29 March 1987) was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. Born in Nyíregyháza, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg he competed for Hungary in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 10,000 metres where he won the silver medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of József Kovács has received more than 4,488 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. József Kovács is the 1,511th most popular athlete (down from 1,341st in 2019), the 730th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 646th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, József Kovács ranks 1,511 out of 6,025. Before him are Igor Tselovalnikov, Takao Sakurai, Vladimir Nevzorov, Józef Grudzień, Roger Kingdom, and Erwin Casmir. After him are Georgia Coleman, Jerome Biffle, Waldemar Tietgens, Ghiță Licu, Frederick Sheffield, and Vyacheslav Vedenin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, József Kovács ranks 457. Before him are Tim LaHaye, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Randy Weston, Noemí Simonetto de Portela, Joan Lorring, and Franco Faggi. After him are Roberto Lippi, Peter G. Peterson, Zakaria Chihab, Thomas Starzl, Piero Drogo, and Jimmy Heath. Among people deceased in 1987, József Kovács ranks 232. Before him are Marc Aaronson, Clementina de Jesus, Andrei Bărbulescu, Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Pál Gábor, and Ernő Goldfinger. After him are Vincent Persichetti, Stanislav Lusk, Håkan Malmrot, Heinz Vollmar, Raya Dunayevskaya, and George Gulack.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, József Kovács ranks 730 out of 1,077. Before him are Tamás Gábor (1932), Ádám Szalai (1987), József Várszegi (1910), Tibor Csík (1927), Vilmos Varjú (1937), and István Tarlós (1948). After him are Violetta Ferrari (1930), Tibor Tatai (1944), Monique Covét (1976), László Nemes (1977), Gábor Csupó (1952), and Mór Kóczán (1885).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, József Kovács ranks 56. Before him are Zoltán Nemere (1942), Géza Csapó (1950), Imre Rajczy (1911), Bertalan Papp (1913), József Várszegi (1910), and Vilmos Varjú (1937). After him are Tibor Tatai (1944), Mór Kóczán (1885), Gábor Benedek (1927), Márton Homonnai (1906), Paula Marosi (1936), and Róbert Antal (1921).

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