József Horváth (7 August 1947 – 30 September 2022) was a Hungarian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. Horváth was born in

Bátmonostor Bátmonostor () is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 1503 people (2015). Demography Residents are Magyars. There is a small commun ...

on 7 August 1947. In 1972, he was part of the Hungarian team which finished eighth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches. He died in

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, Spain on 30 September 2022, at the age of 75.

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* * 1947 births 2022 deaths Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bács-Kiskun County {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub