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Ferenc Csik (12 December 1913 – 29 March 1945) 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 ...
. 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.
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(2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics'',
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: Sport Classic Books.


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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 ...


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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 {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub