Károly Szittya
Appearance
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Born | Budapest, Austria-Hungary | June 18, 1918
Died | August 9, 1983 Szeged, Hungary | (aged 65)
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Sport | Water polo |
Medal record |
Károly Szittya (18 June 1918 – 9 August 1983) was a Hungarian swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He played in Újpesti Dózsa 1930–1947, and Ferencvárosi TC 1948–1954. He was born in Budapest and died in Szeged.[1]
Szittya was part of the Hungarian team which won the silver medal in the 1948 tournament. He played six matches and scored six goals. Four years later he was a member of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches and scored five goals.
After his active sport career he was a water polo coach in Hungary and Cuba. In 1969 he became a member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee and received a Master Coach Award.
See also
[edit]- Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Károly Szittya Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
External links
[edit]- Károly Szittya at Olympics.com
- Károly Szittya at Olympedia
- Károly Szittya at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1983 deaths
- Hungarian male water polo players
- Water polo players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary in water polo
- Olympic silver medalists for Hungary in water polo
- Water polo players from Budapest
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Hungarian people
- Hungarian Olympic medalist stubs
- Hungarian water polo biography stubs