Lajos Simó (12 July 1943 – 16 September 2019)Lajos Simó's profile at the Hungarian Olympic Committee
was a Hungarian

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player who competed in the

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. He was born in

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. In 1972 he was part of the Hungarian team which finished eighth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored twelve goals. Simó also participated on three

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in row between 1967 and 1974, achievieing his best result in the last one with a seventh place.

Awards

Hungarian Handballer of the Year The Hungarian Handballer of the Year award is an annual prize, which is given to the Hungarian handballer who is considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. Presented by the Hungarian Handball Federation since 1964, the m ...

: 1968, 1970, 1973

References

1943 births 2019 deaths People from Reghin Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players of Hungary Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub