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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
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
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- 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 |
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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)
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