György Csordás (October 6, 1928 – May 9, 2000) was a

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from

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, who competed in three consecutive

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for his native country, starting in 1948.Csordás' entry
on www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-07-07 His best individual result came in 1948, when he placed fourth in 1500 m freestyle. At the European Championships in 1954 he became European champion in 400 m freestyle and in 1500 m freestyle.

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1928 births 2000 deaths Hungarian male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Hungary Hungarian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics People from Cegléd European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European champions for Hungary Sportspeople from Pest County {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub