Mihály Mayer (27 December 1933 – 4 September 2000) was a Hungarian

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player who competed in the

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, and in 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 ...

. He is one of eight male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo. He was Jewish, was born in

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, and died in

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. Mayer was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal in the 1956 tournament. He played four matches and scored one goal. Four years later he was a member of the Hungarian team which won the bronze medal in the 1960 Olympic tournament. He played three matches and scored one goal. At the 1964 Games he won his second gold medal with the Hungarian team. He played five matches. In 1968 he won again a bronze medal when the Hungarian team finished third in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.

Coach career

As a coach he led the

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to the silver medal at the Guayaquil Water Polo World Championship in 1982.1982, Guayaquil: The silver team of Hungary
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* 1933 births 2000 deaths Hungarian male water polo players Olympic water polo players for Hungary Water polo players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in water polo Jewish Hungarian sportspeople Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Water polo players from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-waterpolo-bio-stub

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