Sándor Tarics

Olympic medal record
Men's Water Polo
1936 Berlin Team competition

Sándor Tarics (born September 23, 1913) is a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Born in Budapest, Tarics was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal, pushing Germany into second.[1] He played two matches, and scored two goals. He also won gold medals with the Hungarian team at the 1933, 1935 and 1937 International University Games as well as the unofficial, German-led 1939 International University Games.[2] He was able to escape post-war Soviet-occupied Hungary when his engineering degree earned him a teaching fellowship at an American university. He went on to establish and grow a successful architecture and engineering practice in San Francisco, California.[1] As of 2013 he lives in Belvedere, California and is a member of the Belvedere Tennis Club. He attended the 2012 London Olympics as the oldest living Olympic champion[1] and turned 100 in September 2013.[3] Since the death of Attilio Pavesi,[4] he has been the oldest living Olympic champion.[1][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 April Dembosky (June 9, 2012). "The Olympians: Sándor Tarics, Hungary". Financial Times Magazine.
  2. ↑ "A University Athlete like No Other". FISU. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Dobor, Deszo (2013-09-25). "World's oldest Olympic champion celebrates 100th birthday". International Sports Press Association. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  4. ↑ Cycling News, August 4 2011, 1932 Olympic champion dies, aged 100
  5. ↑ The oldest living Olympic champion is water polo player is Sándor Tarics

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