Károly Takács Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography & More 2024

Some Lesser Known Facts About Károly Takács

• Károly Takács was a Hungarian Olympic athlete, who is called the third athlete on the planet with a bodily incapacity to compete within the Olympic Games.

• He was a sergeant within the Hungarian military. In 1936, he expressed his need to hitch the Hungarian capturing workforce for the 1936 Summer Olympics; nonetheless, he couldn’t be part of because of his non-commissioned rank. This rule was modified in Hungary after the Berlin Games.

• In 1938, throughout his army coaching, a defective grenade explosion injured his proper hand severely; nonetheless, as a substitute of quitting capturing, he determined to change to capturing along with his left hand. He practised capturing in secret and shocked everybody by successful the Hungarian nationwide pistol capturing championship in early 1939. He was additionally part of the Hungarian workforce that received on the 1939 UIT World Shooting Championships within the occasion.

• In 1948, when he was 38 years outdated, he secured a gold medal within the 25-meter rapid-fire pistol occasion on the London Summer Olympics by defeating his favorite shooter and opponent, the world champion shooter Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente.

• He received one other gold in 1952 on the Helsinki Summer Olympics in the identical occasion.

• He participated within the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, the place he secured eighth place.

• He then went on to win 35 Hungarian nationwide capturing championships.
  

  Károly Takács throughout a capturing competitors

• Due to his exceptional accomplishments, he’s acknowledged as one of many ‘Olympic heroes’ of the International Olympic Committee.

• In 1948, Dominica issued a commemorative stamp as a tribute to him.
  

  Károly Takács on a commemorative stamp

• After retiring from his capturing profession, he turned a capturing coach. He mentored Szilárd Kun, a Hungarian sports activities shooter, who later earned the silver medal on the 1952 Summer Olympics.

• During his last days within the army, he served on the place of a lieutenant colonel.

• He was laid to relaxation on the New Public Cemetery in Budapest.
  

  Karoly Takacss grave on the New Public Cemetery in Budapest

• In May 2023, Sid Boyka, an creator, launched a guide titled ‘The Life Story Of Unbreakable Spirit & Success: Karoly Tekacs.’ The guide tells the inspiring journey of Karoly Tekacs’s life.
  

  Cover of the guide ‘The Life Story Of Unbreakable Spirit & Success. Karoly Tekacs’ by Sid Boyka

• In August 2023, R. Balki, an Indian filmmaker, launched a movie referred to as ‘Ghoomer,’ which was loosely based mostly on the life story of Károly Takács.
  

  Poster of the 2023 Hindi movie ‘Ghoomer’