Lázár Lovász (24 May 1942 – 17 April 2023) was a Hungarian athlete who competed in

hammer throw The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...

, who competed at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

Biography

Lovász won the British

AAA Championships The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the offi ...

title in the hammer throw event at the 1968 AAA Championships. Later thay year at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he represented

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

and won a bronze medal, throwing 69.78 metres. Lovász died on 17 April 2023, at the age of 80.Elhunyt Lovász Lázár olimpiai bronzérmes kalapácsvető

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* 1942 births 2023 deaths Hungarian male hammer throwers Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub