Zoltán Imre Ödön Halmay de

Erdőtelek Erdőtelek is a village in Heves County Heves county (, ) lies in northern Hungary, between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest (county), Pest, Nógrád (coun ...

(; 18 June 1881 – 20 May 1956) was a Hungarian Olympic

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. He competed in four Olympics (

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–

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), winning the following medals: *

: silver (200 m, 4000 m freestyle), bronze (1000 m freestyle) *

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: gold (50yd, 100yd freestyle) *

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: gold (4×250 m freestyle relay), silver (100 m freestyle) (these games are now not officially recognized by the

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) *

: silver (100 m freestyle; 4 × 200 m freestyle relay) Zoltán Halmay, who was a two-time Olympic champion, was the most successful sportsman in freestyle swimming. In 1904 he won the 50 and 100 yards at the St. Louis Games and in 1906 he was a member of the 4×250 m relay team that won the gold medal at the Intercalated Games. He won a further 4 silver medals and a bronze medal at other Olympics. He was Hungarian champion 14 times and won the English, the German and the Austrian Championships as well. He was a world record holder at 100 metres and also at 50 and 220 yards. His versatility is shown by the fact that he was also a remarkable athlete, rower and football player, and he also won a national-level championship in roller-skating over 5000 metres. After his retirement, he worked as a trainer, and he was the federal chief trainer of the Hungarian Swimming Association. At the ceremony organised at the main square of the village, a monument unifying the memorial plaque and the statue of Halmay was set up in collaboration with the Slovak Olympic Committee and the local government of Vysoká pri Morave (Magasfalu).

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* Olympic swimmers for Hungary 1881 births 1956 deaths People from Malacky District Sportspeople from the Bratislava Region Swimmers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1906 Intercalated Games Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Hungarian male freestyle swimmers Hungarian male long-distance swimmers Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub

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