István Mudin (16 October 1881 – 22 July 1918) was a Hungarian athlete who competed at the

1906 Intercalated Games The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games i ...

and the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...

. He competed in various throwing events and in the pentathlon at the

and

and won two medals in 1906, in pentathlon and

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

. He was killed in action in Italy during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

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1881 births 1918 deaths People from Kétegyháza Hungarian decathletes Hungarian male discus throwers Olympic athletes of Hungary Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Austro-Hungarian military personnel killed in World War I Sportspeople from Békés County {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub

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