- Dezső Gyarmati
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Medal record Men's Water Polo Competitor for 
HungaryOlympic Games Gold 1952 Helsinki Team Competition Gold 1956 Melbourne Team Competition Gold 1964 Tokyo Team Competition Silver 1948 London Team Competition Bronze 1960 Rome Team Competition European Championships Gold 1954 Team Competition Gold 1962 Team Competition Dezső Gyarmati (born October 23, 1927 in Miskolc, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) is a former Hungarian water polo player and three times Olympic champion, and also a former coach of the Hungarian national water polo team.
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Player career
Gyarmati is the most successful water polo player in the Olympic history, and is considered the greatest water polo player of all time.[1] He participated at five different Summer Olympics, winning gold medals with the Hungarian team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2] His team received silver medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and bronze medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Gyarmati became European Champion two times, in 1954 and in 1962. He played a total of 108 matches with the Hungarian National Team. He was among the fastest water polo players of his time, with a personal record of 58.5 seconds on 100 meters.[1]
Coach career
As Head Coach for the Hungarian National team Gyarmati lead his team to victory at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The team received silver medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and bronze medals in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Family
Dezső Gyarmati was married to former swimmer and 1952 Olympic champion on 200 metres Breaststroke, Éva Székely. Their daughter Andrea Gyarmati is a former backstroke and butterfly swimmer who received two Olympic medals in 1972, and a former World record holder on 100 metres butterfly.
Awards
Gyarmati was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1976.[3]
See also
- List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
References
- ^ a b International Olympic Committee Athlete Profile: "Dezso GYARMATI – The Greatest Water Polo Player" – www.olympic.org (Retrieved on January 25, 2008)
- ^ Profile: "Dezsõ Gyarmati" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 25, 2008)
- ^ "DESZO GYARMATI (HUN) – 1976 Honor – Water Polo Player" – International Swimming Hall of Fame (Retrieved on January 25, 2008)
Categories:- 1927 births
- Living people
- Hungarian water polo players
- Olympic water polo players of Hungary
- Water polo players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
- Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in water polo
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