Ödön Gróf (15 April 1915 – 16 January 1997) was a Hungarian swimmer who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. He was born in Neteča,

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (; or ; ) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was created in 1868 by merging the kingdoms of Kingdom of Croatia (Habs ...

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. In the 1936 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event. He was also seventh in his semifinal of the 400 m freestyle event and third in his first round heat of 100 m freestyle event and did not advance in both occasions.

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Ödön Gróf at databaseOlympics.com
1915 births 1997 deaths People from Virovitica-Podravina County People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Hungarian male freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Virovitica 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub