Pavol Steiner, also Pavel Steiner and Paul Steiner (29 March 1908 in

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) – 4 June 1969 in

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) was a Slovak Olympic

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player and swimmer representing

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. He was also a

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. Steiner competed in the

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in water polo, won a

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at the 1931 European Aquatics Championships in swimming, and won five swimming gold medals and one water polo gold medal combined at the 1932 Maccabiah Games and

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Water polo and swimming career

Steiner was a Slovak

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, and was a member of Jewish sport clubs in interwar Czechoslovakia. He competed at 19 years of age with the Czechoslovakia men's national water polo team in the 1927

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, in which they came in 7th. Steiner competed in the

in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, coming in 9th with the Czechoslovakia men's national water polo team in water polo at the Games. He also competed in swimming, and won a

at the 1931 European Aquatics Championships in Paris in the 100 m freestyle with the Czechoslovakia men's national swimming team. Steiner competed in swimming at the 1932 Maccabiah Games in

, the first

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, and won three

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s. He won the 100m freestyle (breaking the record from Czechoslovakia), the 3x100m medley relay, and the 4x200m medley relay. He competed at the

. There, Steiner won two gold medals in swimming, in the 100m freestyle and in the 4x200m freestyle relay. He also won a team gold medal in water polo, as Czechoslovakia came out ahead of Austria and Palestine.

Honours

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— 9th place

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*1927 — 7th place

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— 3rd place

Cardiology surgeon

Steiner was a

at Martin University Hospital in

, and performed there the first open cardiac surgery in Slovakia.

References

External links

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