"in 1900 and has taken part in 21 of the 28 summer games. It has been one of the more successful countries at the Summer Olympic Games, with a total of 307 medals won throughout the years, of which 89 gold ones, ranking 15th overall. Almost a quarter of all the medals and 25 of the gold ones were won in gymnastics. Romanian athletes have also won gold medals in other Olympic sports, such as rowing, athletics, canoeing, wrestling, shooting, fencing, swimming, discus throw, weightlifting, boxing, and judo. They are the most successful nation in Balkan Championships in terms of"
"Aladár Gerevich Aladár Gerevich (16 March 1910 – 14 May 1991) was a Hungarian fencer who was regarded as ""the greatest Olympic swordsman ever"". He won gold medals in sabre in six Olympics. Gerevich is the only athlete to win the same event six times (despite two games passed because of the Second World War). The War could not interfere with perhaps his most impressive record, however; he won gold medals in 1932 and 1960, an unprecedented 28 years apart. This record for the most years between first and last Olympic medals was tied by equestrian Mark Todd of New"
"retiring he coached fencing at the Vasas Sports Club in Budapest, where he died aged 81. Aladár Gerevich Aladár Gerevich (16 March 1910 – 14 May 1991) was a Hungarian fencer who was regarded as ""the greatest Olympic swordsman ever"". He won gold medals in sabre in six Olympics. Gerevich is the only athlete to win the same event six times (despite two games passed because of the Second World War). The War could not interfere with perhaps his most impressive record, however; he won gold medals in 1932 and 1960, an unprecedented 28 years apart. This record for the"
"individual competition in six consecutive Olympics, by winning a bronze.. Other athletes who won medals in six consecutive Olympics did not do so in the same individual competition: Aladár Gerevich, a fencer from Hungary, won six gold medals between 1932 and 1960 with the Hungarian team; Elisabeta Lipă, a rower from Romania, won her medals between 1984 and 2004 in different disciplines (single scull, double scull, quadruple scull and eight). Armin Zöggeler Armin Zöggeler (born 4 January 1974) is a retired Italian luger and double Olympic champion. He is one of the most successful men in the sport, nicknamed ""Il"
"Hungarian Olympic Committee and vice-president of his athletic club Újpesti TE. He married Magdolna Komka, an Olympic high jumper. One of his sons is decathlete Attila Zsivoczky, the other is football player Gyula Zsivóczky Jr.. Zsivótzky died from cancer in his native Budapest, aged 70. <br> <br> <br> Gyula Zsivótzky Gyula Zsivótzky (25 February 1937 – 29 September 2007) was a Hungarian hammer thrower. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, silvers in 1960 and 1964, and finished fifth in 1972. Zsivótzky set two world record: one in 1965 and the other at the 1968 Olympics. He was"
"medal and two improvements of his own world records. 75 races — Emil Zátopek 65 consecutive competitions — Carl Lewis 5 consecutive World Championships 140 to 150 competitions — Iolanda Balaş Note: this streak included 2 Olympic gold medals and 14 improvements of the world record. 5 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 5 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 7 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 4 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games 4 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — Finland 4 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games —"
"Olympic games — Carl Lewis 8 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 3 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — Viktor Saneyev 4 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — Soviet Union 6 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 4 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — Al Oerter 5 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 3 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — John Flanagan 6 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 3 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — Jan Železný 3 consecutive gold medals at"
"At the 1992 Summer Olympics he achieved a fifth and the seventh place in the C-2 events with Attila Pálizs. After the 1992 Olympics he teamed up with Csaba Horváth, and the pair dominated the doubles for several years. They won their first gold together at the 1993 World Championships, and after winning a record of five gold medals at the 1995 World Championships they crowned their cooperation at the 1996 Summer Olympics by winning the gold in C-2 500 m in a photo finish and a bronze medal in C-2 1000 m. They won a total of 11 World"
"new national record with a throw of 61.22 metres, making him the first Hungarian athlete to exceed the 60 metres limit. The record stood until 1927, when it was broken by Béla Szepes, a prominent figure of the late 1920s, who further improved the record to 66.70 in 1930. Csejthey was present at the Olympic Games in Paris, participating in the javelin throw event. The first athlete from Vas County to take part at the Olympics, he came ninth in the qualifying round with a throw of 54.86 metres, about one metres short to the sixth and last qualifying place."
"at the 1958 European Championships. At the 1960 Winter Olympics, he moved up to sixth place and won the bronze medal at the 1960 World Championships. The following year, Calmat won the silver medal at the 1961 European Championships. He became European champion for three consecutive years from 1962 to 1964. During that period, Calmat was awarded one bronze and two silver medals at Worlds. At the 1964 Winter Olympics, Calmat won the silver medal and went on to win his second consecutive silver medal at Worlds. He stayed in one more season and retired as the 1965 World champion."
"bronze medal in doubles with László Földy and mixed with Gizi Farkas. At the World Cup in 1961, he was third with the team and runner-up in doubles with Ferenc Sido. In 1963 and 1965 he won no medals. At the Youth European Championship in 1955 in Stuttgart, he arrived in final in doubles, where he lost. He achieved his greatest success at the European Championships in 1958 and 1960. Here he became European champion both in single and with the Hungarian team. In 1958 he won the Mixed with Gizi Farkas-Lantos, in 1960 the double competition with Ferenc Sidó."
"He tied for third place with Bronstein, Geller, Petrosian and Spassky, behind Smyslov and Keres. Into the 1960s and 1970s, he continued to excel in international competition; first at Zagreb 1964, first at Budapest 1965 (with Polugaevsky and Taimanov), first at Sarajevo 1972, first at Hilversum 1973 (with Geller) and tied for first at Hastings 1973/74 (with Gennady Kuzmin, Timman and Tal). In total, he represented Hungary at 11 Olympiads, playing first board on five occasions and delivering many medal-winning performances. In 1937, he took the team silver and individual silver medals, in 1952 an individual bronze, in 1956 a"
"medal, 1 bronze medal, 2 times Team of Europe 2 Kamil Brabenec (1951) 3 OG, 2 WC, 8 EC - 1 silver medal, 2 bronze medals, 1 times Team of Europe 3 Ivan Mrázek (1926) 2 OG, 4 EC - 3 silver medals, MVP and best scorer EC 1951 (17.1 ppg) 4 Jiří Zedníček (1945) 1 OG, 2 WC, 5 EC - 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal, 5 times Team of Europe, MVP EC 1967 5-6 František Konvička (1938) 1 OG, 6 EC - 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal, 2 times Team of Europe 5-6 Jan Bobrovský (1945)"
"known). At the 1960 Games he won the bronze medal with the Hungarian team. He played four matches and scored five goals. His last Olympic tournament was in Tokyo 1964 where he won his third gold medal. He played six matches and scored four goals for the Hungarian team. György Kárpáti György Kárpáti (born June 23, 1935) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, and 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest, and was Jewish. Kárpáti was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold"
"in running. He also set many more unofficial ones for a total of 58. His indoor world records were all unofficial as the IAAF did not ratify indoor records until the 1980s. Nurmi's record for most Olympic gold medals was matched by gymnast Larisa Latynina in 1964, swimmer Mark Spitz in 1972 and fellow track and field athlete Carl Lewis in 1996, and broken by swimmer Michael Phelps in 2008. Nurmi's record for most medals in the Olympic Games stood until Edoardo Mangiarotti won his 13th medal in fencing in 1960. ""Time"" selected Nurmi as the greatest Olympian of all"
"another sport with strong heritage in the era that predates the creation of communist Yugoslavia. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, the Yugoslav national team had always been a contender, but never quite managed to make the final step. It was in the 1968 Olympics that the generation led by Mirko Sandić and Ozren Bonačić finally got the gold, beating Soviet Union after extra time. The country won two more Olympic golds – in 1984 and 1988. It also won two World Championship titles – in 1986 and 1991, the latter coming without Croatian players who by that time had"
"it back. They were now in a three-way tie for second place with Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia. Hungary's defeat of Romania clinched the gold medal for the hosts, who were the only 6–1 team in the final round. The Soviets and Czechoslovakia both finished at 5–2, with Czechoslovakia taking the silver medal and the Soviet Union, three-time gold medal winners, finished with a bronze medal. 1. Hungary: János Greminger, Tibor Mezőfi, László Tóth, Tibor Zsíros, László Bánhegyi, János Hódi, László Hódi, Pál Bogár, Péter Papp, János Simon, Tibor Czinkán, Tibor Cselkó, János Dallos, János Bencze (Coach: János Páder) 2. Czechoslovakia: Ivan"
"gold medal was awarded to Hermann Schreiber of Switzerland for crossing the Alps in a glider in 1935, the first time that had been done. Some sources include these IOC awards of gold medals in the overall count. Germany has competed under five different designations, including as two separate teams at several Games. Sources vary in how they present the medals won by these teams. The table below shows sourced combinations of these teams, when applied to the updated medal totals from the main table. The Russian Federation, the Russian Empire and the Olympic Athletes from Russia are often combined"
"men's record for most individual Olympic medals (12) and shares the male record for most individual Olympic gold medals in gymnastics (6), tied with Boris Shakhlin and Dmitry Bilozerchev (the latter of which only if you count the 1984 Alternate Olympics). In many other rankings among all-time medal winners at the Olympic, World, and European levels, he ranks very high, (for example, he is second only to Vitaly Scherbo in total individual medal counts at either the gold level or any level at the combined Olympic and World levels as well as at the combined Olympic, World, and European levels)"
"3 silver medals 19 Ezr Josef (1923, 1 OG, 2 EC - 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal 20 Havlik Vlastimil (1957, 1 OG, 1 WC, 2 EC -1 silver medal 21-22 Dousa Zdenek (1947, 3 OG, 2 WC, 3 EC -1 bronze medal 21-22 Rylich Zdenek (1930, 1 OG, 5 EC - 3 silver medals, 1 bronze medal 23 Tetiva Jaroslav (1932, 2 OG, 6 EC - 2 silver medals, 1 bronze medal 24 Hraska Gustav (1953, 2 OG, 3 WC, 4 EC - 1 bronze medal 25 Tomasek Bohumil (1936, 1 OG, 5 EC - 2 silver medals,"
"champion in 1962 and 1963. He took up coaching first with his 1964 Olympic compatriot Hervé d'Encausse who he coached to a bronze medal in the 1966 European Championships behind two future world record holders. Hervé's son Philippe d'Encausse is the coach of current world record holder Renaud Lavillenie. In the next two years Herve would hold the European record on two occasions. Other success stories included François Tracanelli who held the world junior record and would vault in two Olympics, Patrick Abada who also held the European record and Ferenc Salbert, winner of the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie."
"the oldest gold medalist at that time. When the 1912 Summer Olympics came to his native country, Sweden, he was a member of the single shot running deer team which again won the gold medal. He also won bronze again at the individual double shot running deer event, but came joint fourth in the individual single shot event, which was won by his son Alfred Swahn. At 64 years and 258 days of age, he became the oldest gold medallist ever, a record he still holds. At the 1920 Summer Olympics, he became the oldest athlete ever to compete in"
"leg to claim his sixteenth gold and twentieth career medal in 1:54.27. Meanwhile, Lochte came up short in the other half of a difficult double, as he produced his eleventh overall for the silver in 1:54.90, tying an all-time record with Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi. Hungary's László Cseh powered home with the bronze in 1:56.22 to keep the podium intact for the second straight Games. Brazil's Thiago Pereira finished fourth in 1:56.74, and was followed in fifth and sixth by Japanese duo Kosuke Hagino (1:57.35) and Ken Takakuwa (1:58.53). Great Britain's James Goddard (1:59.05) and Germany's Markus Deibler (1:59.10)"
"three gold medals in the same Olympic games, and became the most successful athlete at the 1956 Winter Olympics. The Super-G event did not exist until the 1980s. It was added to the Olympics in 1988. Through 2014, Sailer remains the youngest male gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing. From 1948 through 1980, Olympic alpine ski events doubled as the FIS World Championships, therefore the Olympic champion in any event was also the world champion. The combined event was dropped after 1948 to make way for the giant slalom in 1950. No Olympic medals were awarded for the combined event"
"year from 1960 to 1971, except for 1964 and 1968 when Béla Margitics won. He also became indoor champion in 1974. Henrik Kalocsai Henrik Kalocsai (; 28 November 1940 – 22 May 2012) was a Hungarian athlete who specialized in the triple jump and long jump. He won the gold medal at the 1965 Summer Universiade, the bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships and the silver medal at the 1967 European Indoor Games. He became the Hungarian triple jump champion in 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1973, rivalling with Drágán Ivanov, Zoltán Cziffra and Gábor Katona."
"2 WC, 6 EC - 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal, 1 times Team of Europe 7 Jiří Baumruk (1930) 2 OG, 6 EC - 3 silver medals,1 bronze medal, MVP EC 1957 8 Jaroslav Šíp (1930) 1 OG, 5 EC - 3 silver medals, 1 bronze medal 9 Ladislav Trpkoš (1918) 2 OG, 2 EC - 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal 10 Miroslav Škeřík (1924) 1 OG, 5 EC - 3 silver medals, 1 bronze medal, best scorer EC 1955 (19.1 ppg) 11 Pospisil Jiri (1950), 3 OG, 1 WC, 5 EC - 1 bronze medal 12 Kos"
"Olympics of 1960 in Rome and the 1964 European Nations' Cup the team finished third. The greatest success was the winning of the gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. Between 1971 and 1972 he had a stint as coach of the Peruvian national team: in 1971 he led the Peru olympic team during the Pre-Olympic Tournament. His most successful time as club coach was from 1967 and 1971 with Újpesti Dózsa in Budapest, where he laid the beginnings of the club's golden era. The front row consisting of Fazekas – Göröcs – Bene – Dunai II – Zámbó"
"to be four consecutive Commonwealth Games (then called the British Empire Games, and in 1954, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games) – an achievement amplified by the twelve-year gap between games from 1938 and 1950, due to World War II. Garrard won the gold medal at the 1934, 1938 and 1950 games, and a bronze at the 1954 games (where he was flag-bearer for the Australian team at the opening ceremony). He also competed in three Olympic Games: 1936 in Berlin, 1948 in London (where he won the silver medal in the welterweight division), and 1952 in Helsinki. He was"
"medals at Olympic Games — Steve Redgrave Note: gold medalist in Coxless Four at Sydney Olympics 8 consecutive titles at Olympic Games — United States 15 consecutive major titles (World Cups and World Championships) — Eric Murray, Hamish Bond 9 consecutive world titles (Olympic Games and World Championships) - United States 25 Cups — United States Note: With 132 years, this is the longest winning streak by years in sports history. 4 consecutive Olympic titles — Ben Ainslie 4 consecutive Olympic titles — Paul Elvstrøm 3 consecutive titles at PBA World Championship 87 — Julio César Chávez (light welterweight) Note"
"cleared using the then dominant straight-leg straddle technique. He improved his skills under the coaching of V. M. Dyachkov in Moscow. In 1960 he broke the USSR record, , and was selected to the Olympic team. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he cleared the same height as the winner Robert Shavlakadze, but made more attempts and thus was awarded a silver medal. In 1961–1963 he broke the world record in the high jump six times, improving it from to . He also won the high jump at the 1961 and 1963 Universiade, 1962 European Championships, the 1964 Summer Olympics and"
"a new world record of 53.45, beating a 0.15-second mark set by Lenny Krayzelburg (53.60) from the Pan Pacific Championships in 1999. Meanwhile, the Germans earned a silver medal in a European record of 3:33.62, 11-hundredths of a second under the old Olympic record set by Team USA in 2000. Japan finished third in 3:35.22 to hold off the strong Russian team anchored by double Olympic champion Alexander Popov, who made up more than 1.5 seconds, but fell short of a medal in his last Olympic final. Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows."
"be the lifetime personal record of the future double Olympic gold medalist. It was the number 7 time in history, at the time, and has only been surpassed once since, by .01 by 2008 gold medalist Angelo Taylor,though it was also tied by Kerron Clement as he won the 2016 Olympics (which name-checks all Olympic champions from this era, 2000-2016). Behind Sánchez was the battle for the other medals. Immediately outside of Sánchez, Joey Woody started slower, so Sánchez made up the stagger and passed Woody between the second and third hurdle. The closest to Sánchez, immediately to his inside"
"win) and, soon after, Sebastian Coe became the first man to do so in 1984. No athlete of either sex has won more than two medals. Historically, athletes in this event have also had success in the 800 metres at the Olympics. Kelly Holmes was the last athlete to win both events at the same Olympics in 2004. 2012 1500m gold medalist Taoufik Makhloufi made both podiums without winning gold in 2016. Great Britain is the most successful nation in the event, having won six gold medals and a total of fourteen. Kenya has the next highest number of gold"