József Csermák
Hungarian hammer thrower
Csermák at the 1952 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 14 February 1932 Senec, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 January 2001 (aged 69) Tapolca, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Tapolaci Lokomotív Tapolaci Törekvés MÁV TI Atlétikai Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 64.23 m (1960)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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József Csermák (14 February 1932 – 12 January 2001 in Tapolca) was a Hungarian hammer thrower. He won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics with a throw of 60.34 m, setting a new world record and becoming the first athlete to break the 60 m barrier. At the next Olympics Csermák was chosen as the Olympic flag bearer for Hungary,[2] but placed only fifth. He failed to reach the final at the 1960 Olympics. Besides his 1952 Olympic gold medal, Csermák won four Hungarian titles and a bronze medal at the 1954 European Championships.[1]
References
- ^ a b József Csermák. Sports-reference.com
- ^ Hungary. Sports-reference.com
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to József Csermák.
- József Csermák at Olympedia
- József Csermák at Olympics.com
- József Csérmák at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 February 2007)
- CanThrow.com: JOZSEF CSERMAK, HUNGARIAN OLYMPIC HAMMER CHAMPION SUCCESSOR OF THE GREAT IMRE NEMETH HAS DIED at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 February 2005)
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Preceded by | Men's Hammer World Record Holder 14 July 1952 – 14 September 1952 | Succeeded by Sverre Strandli |
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- 1900: John Flanagan (USA)
- 1904: John Flanagan (USA)
- 1908: John Flanagan (USA)
- 1912: Matt McGrath (USA)
- 1920: Patrick Ryan (USA)
- 1924: Fred Tootell (USA)
- 1928: Pat O'Callaghan (IRL)
- 1932: Pat O'Callaghan (IRL)
- 1936: Karl Hein (GER)
- 1948: Imre Németh (HUN)
- 1952: József Csermák (HUN)
- 1956: Hal Connolly (USA)
- 1960: Vasily Rudenkov (URS)
- 1964: Romuald Klim (URS)
- 1968: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)
- 1972: Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS)
- 1976: Yuriy Sedykh (URS)
- 1980: Yuriy Sedykh (URS)
- 1984: Juha Tiainen (FIN)
- 1988: Sergey Litvinov (URS)
- 1992: Andrey Abduvaliyev (EUN)
- 1996: Balázs Kiss (HUN)
- 2000: Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)
- 2004: Koji Murofushi (JPN)
- 2008: Primož Kozmus (SLO)
- 2012: Krisztián Pars (HUN)
- 2016: Dilshod Nazarov (TJK)
- 2020: Wojciech Nowicki (POL)
- 2024: Ethan Katzberg (CAN)
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