István Szondy (29 December 1925 – 31 May 2017) was a Hungarian

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and Olympic champion who competed at the

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1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

and the

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Olympics

Szondy received a gold medal in the team modern pentathlon event at the

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and a bronze in the individual event."1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Modern Pentathlon"
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References

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