Ferenc Csik (12 December 1913 – 29 March 1945) was a
Hungarian swimmer who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics
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In the 1936, Olympics he won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle event and a bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay event. Csik went on to become a medical doctor, and died during World War II in an air raid while assisting a wounded man.
Wallechinsky, David
David Wallechinsky (born David Wallace, February 5, 1948) is an American popular historian and television commentator, the co-founder and past president of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and the founder and editor-in-chie ...
(2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics'', Toronto
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: Sport Classic Books.
See also
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List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame is a history museum and hall of fame, serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around the world.
List of the members of the International Swimming Hall ...
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World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres freestyle relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in whic ...
References
External links
Ferenc Csik at databaseOlympics.com
1913 births
1945 deaths
Sportspeople from Kaposvár
Olympic swimmers for Hungary
Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
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
Deaths by airstrike during World War II
European champions for Hungary
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists in swimming
Hungarian military personnel killed in World War II
20th-century Hungarian physicians
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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