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Kálmán Markovits (August 26, 1931 – December 5, 2009) was a Hungarian
Kálmán Markovits (August 26, 1931 – December 5, 2009) was a Hungarian water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with t ...
player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, wh ...
, and 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...
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He was born in Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
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Markovits was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal in the 1952 tournament. He played six matches and scored three goals.
Four years later he was a member of the Hungarian team which won again the gold medal in the 1956 Olympic tournament. He played six matches and scored at least three goals (not all scorers are known).
At the 1960 Games he won the bronze medal with the Hungarian team. He played four matches and scored one goal.
See also
*Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Hungary men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Hungary men's national water polo team has participated in 23 of 27 official men's water polo tourn ...
* List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
* List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who hav ...
* List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests an ...
* Blood in the Water match
The "Blood in the Water" match ( hu, melbourne-i vérfürdő lit. ''Blood bath of Melbourne''; russian: Кровь в бассейне, Krov' v basseyne, Blood in the swimming pool) was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 ...
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* 1931 births 2009 deaths Hungarian male water polo players Olympic water polo players of Hungary Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Water polo players from Budapest {{Hungary-waterpolo-bio-stub