Dr. Károly Levitzky (1 May 1885,
Dorgos – 23 August 1978,
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 ...
) was a
Hungarian rower
Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...
who competed at the
1908 Summer Olympics in
London
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and at the
1912 Summer Olympics in
Stockholm.
He won a bronze medal in
single sculls
A single scull (or a scull) is a rowing boat designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand.
Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to minim ...
in London.
He was Jewish.
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1885 births
1978 deaths
People from Arad County
Hungarian male rowers
Olympic rowers for Hungary
Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in rowing
Hungarian Jews
Jewish sportspeople
Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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