István Szívós Sr. ( hu, id. Szívós István, 20 August 1920 – 22 June 1992) was a Hungarian

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player. He was part of the Hungarian teams that won gold medals at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and placed second in 1948. At the 1956 Olympics he also took part in the 200 m breaststroke swimming competition, but failed to reach the final. In 1997 he was inducted into the

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, one year later than his son István Jr., who competed in water polo at the 1968–1980 Olympics. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Hungary at the

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of the

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, becoming the 14th water polo player to be a

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at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Szívós was born in

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and took up swimming and waterpolo after his family moved to

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in the 1930s. During

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he served in the Hungarian Army between 1942 and 1943, and then returned to sport. He retired in 1959 and later worked as a water polo coach in Hungary and Egypt (1964–66). In the late 1960s he brought his club

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to winning two national titles, one Hungarian Cup, and a third place in the European Cup tournament.

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* 1920 births 1992 deaths Hungarian male water polo players Olympic swimmers for 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 Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary in water polo Olympic silver medalists for Hungary in water polo Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Hungarian water polo coaches Sportspeople from Szeged 20th-century Hungarian people Hungarian military personnel of World War II Expatriate sports coaches Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt {{Hungary-waterpolo-bio-stub

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