Lajos Simó (12 July 1943 – 16 September 2019)Lajos Simó's profile at the Hungarian Olympic Committee
was a Hungarian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who competed in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

. He was born in

Reghin Reghin (; , or ; ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Reen'') is a city in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania, on the Mureș River. As of 2021, it had a population of 29,742, making it the second biggest city of the Mureș county, just behind th ...

. In 1972 he was part of the Hungarian team which finished eighth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored twelve goals. Simó also participated on three

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

in row between 1967 and 1974, achievieing his best result in the last one with a seventh place.

Awards

Hungarian Handballer of the Year The Hungarian Handballer of the Year award is an annual prize, which is given to the Hungarian handballer who is considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. Presented by the Hungarian Handball Federation since 1964, the ...

: 1968, 1970, 1973

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* 1943 births 2019 deaths Sportspeople from Reghin Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Tatabánya KC players 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub