Between 1926 and 1931 Bárány won four European titles. In 1929 he became the second person, after Johnny Weissmuller, to swim 100 m within a minute. Bárány held a PhD in law and political science. From 1957 to 1959 he served as the general secretary of the Hungarian Swimming Association. He was also a national coach and an international referee and wrote more than 30 books on swimming. In 1978 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2][3]
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istván, bárány, native, form, this, personal, name, bárány, istván, this, article, uses, western, name, order, when, mentioning, individuals, december, 1907, february, 1995, hungarian, swimmer, competed, 1924, 1928, 1932, summer, olympics, 1930personal, inform. The native form of this personal name is Barany Istvan This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals Istvan Barany 20 December 1907 21 February 1995 was a Hungarian swimmer who competed at the 1924 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics 1 Istvan BaranyIstvan Barany in 1930Personal informationFull nameBarany IstvanNationalityHungarianBorn 1907 12 20 20 December 1907Eger HevesDied21 February 1995 1995 02 21 aged 87 BudapestSportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyleClubMagyar Vedero EgyletEgri SportegyesuletMedal record Representing HungaryOlympic Games1928 Amsterdam 100 m freestyle1932 Los Angeles 4 200 m freestyleEuropean Championships1926 Budapest 100 m freestyle1931 Paris 100 m freestyle1931 Paris 400 m freestyle1931 Paris 4 200 m freestyle1926 Budapest 4 200 m freestyle1927 Bologna 100 m freestyle1927 Bologna 4 200 m freestyleIn 1924 he was twelfth in the 100 m freestyle Four years later he won a silver medal in 100 m freestyle and was fourth in the 4 200 m freestyle relay In 1932 he won a bronze medal in the 4 200 m freestyle relay and was eliminated in a semifinal of 100 m freestyle 2 Between 1926 and 1931 Barany won four European titles In 1929 he became the second person after Johnny Weissmuller to swim 100 m within a minute Barany held a PhD in law and political science From 1957 to 1959 he served as the general secretary of the Hungarian Swimming Association He was also a national coach and an international referee and wrote more than 30 books on swimming In 1978 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame 2 3 See also EditList of members of the International Swimming Hall of FameReferences Edit Istvan Barany Olympedia Retrieved 13 November 2021 a b Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Istvan Barany Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 2 June 2009 Dr Istvan Barany HUN 1978 Honor Swimmer ISHOF org International Swimming Hall of Fame Archived from the original on 23 December 2019 Retrieved 9 August 2015 External links Edit Istvan Barany Olympic medals and stats databaseOlympics com This article about an Olympic medalist of Hungary is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article related to a Hungarian swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Istvan Barany amp oldid 1114280738, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
