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Károly Takács

1910 - 1976

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Károly Takács (21 January 1910 – 5 January 1976) was the first shooter to win two Olympic gold medals in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event, both with his left hand after his right hand was seriously injured. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Károly Takács has received more than 982,554 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Károly Takács is the 2,632nd most popular athlete (down from 1,523rd in 2019), the 849th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 668th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Károly Takács ranks 2,632 out of 6,025. Before him are Constance Titus, Lorraine Crapp, Vyacheslav Yanovskiy, Geir Moen, Wang Han, and Pilar Roldán. After him are Charles Vinci, Jan Wienese, Con Leahy, Toma Simionov, Tapio Korjus, and Franz-Peter Hofmeister.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Károly Takács ranks 409. Before him are F. F. Bruce, Steven S. DeKnight, Aileen Meagher, Ruthie Tompson, Marguerite Churchill, and Nicholas Monsarrat. After him are Jacquetta Hawkes, Barbara Castle, Mary Haas, Josephine McKim, Dick Foran, and Jack Mercer. Among people deceased in 1976, Károly Takács ranks 275. Before him are Paul Russo, Alastair Sim, Bobby Hackett, Lawrence Shields, Barbara Nichols, and Paul Douglas. After him are Donald Howard Menzel, Victoria Spivey, Roger Livesey, Vera C. Bushfield, and Hector Pieterson.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Károly Takács ranks 849 out of 1,077. Before him are Tamás Darnyi (1967), Zoltán Melis (1947), Dezső Lemhényi (1917), Andrea Gyarmati (1954), Gábor Pölöskei (1960), and Imre Bujdosó (1959). After him are Péter Fülöp Kocsis (1963), Tibor Benedek (1972), Judit Varga (1980), Kálmán Kovács (1965), Zoltán Sztanity (1954), and György Pálfi (1974).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Károly Takács ranks 99. Before him are Ferenc Konrád (1945), György Sarlós (1940), Richard Thompson (null), Adrián Annus (1973), Zoltán Melis (1947), and Dezső Lemhényi (1917). After him are Zoltán Sztanity (1954), Mihály Fülöp (1936), Ernő Kolczonay (1953), Tímea Nagy (1970), Attila Horváth (1967), and István Timár (1940).

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