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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 950,676 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Károly Takács is the 1,524th most popular athlete (down from 984th in 2019), the 670th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 551st in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Károly Takács ranks 1,524 out of 3,059Before him are Jim Ryun, Larry Black, Charles Dumas, Imrich Bugár, Raúl González, and Uschi Disl. After him are Bill Toomey, Bjarte Engen Vik, László Jeney, Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Émile Grumiaux, and Edward Stevens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Károly Takács ranks 345Before him are Charles Olson, Margaret Lindsay, Irene Sharaff, Hector Dyer, Govan Mbeki, and Kitty Carlisle. After him are Constance Cummings, Steven S. DeKnight, Vere Bird, Frank Loesser, Rosa Kellner, and Herbert Adamski. Among people deceased in 1976, Károly Takács ranks 231Before him are Hans Theilig, Rupert Davies, Tadeusz Friedrich, Sybil Thorndike, Renata Viganò, and Alfredo Pitto. After him are Cathy Downs, David Jacobs, Lawrence Shields, Donald Howard Menzel, Alastair Sim, and Barbara Nichols.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Károly Takács ranks 670 out of 866Before him are Ferenc Németh (1936), Tibor Pézsa (1935), Emese Hunyady (1966), Magda Gabor (1915), Ferenc Kocsis (1953), and István Hevesi (1931). After him are László Jeney (1923), Márton Homonnai (1906), László Cseh (1985), István Szívós (1948), Tamás Faragó (1952), and Leslie Valiant (1949).

Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Károly Takács ranks 52Before him are József Kovács (1926), László Fábián (1936), Kálmán Markovits (1931), Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky (1936), Ferenc Németh (1936), and István Hevesi (1931). After him are László Jeney (1923), Márton Homonnai (1906), István Szívós (1948), Adrián Annus (1973), Susan Francia (1982), and Attila Horváth (1967).