Karoly Takacs

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Hungarian person Olympic athlete human sport shooter

Károly Takács was a Hungarian sport shooter and two-time Olympic gold medalist renowned for overcoming the loss of his right hand by retraining himself to shoot left-handed.

Aliases (2)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hungarian person → Olympic athlete → human → sport shooter →
burialPlace	Budapest →
causeOfInjury	military training accident →
competedIn	1948 Summer Olympics → 1952 Summer Olympics → Summer Olympics →
continentOfCitizenship	Europe →
countryOfBirth	Hungary →
countryOfCitizenship	Hungary →
countryOfDeath	Hungary →
dateOfBirth	1910-01-21 →
dateOfDeath	1976-01-05 →
era	20th century →
familyName	Takács →
fullName	Károly Takács →
givenName	Károly →
handednessAfterInjury	left-handed →
handednessBeforeInjury	right-handed →
hasAchievement	first shooter to win consecutive Olympic rapid fire pistol titles after World War II →
hasWikipediaPage	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Tak%C3%A1cs →
injury	loss of right hand →
inspired	athletes with disabilities →
languageOfEthnicGroup	Hungarian →
legacy	symbol of perseverance in sports →
medal	Olympic gold medal →
memberOf	Hungarian Army →
militaryBranch	Hungarian Honvédség →
militaryRank	sergeant →
nationality	Hungarian →
notableFor	overcoming the loss of his right hand to continue competitive shooting → retraining himself to shoot left-handed →
numberOfOlympicGoldMedals	2 →
occupation	soldier → sport shooter →
OlympicGoldMedalistIn	25 metre rapid fire pistol →
placeOfBirth	Budapest →
placeOfDeath	Budapest →
representedCountry	Hungary →
sexOrGender	male →
sport	shooting sport →
sportDiscipline	25 metre rapid fire pistol →
trainingMethod	secretly practiced left-handed shooting for years after injury →
wonMedalAt	1948 Summer Olympics → 1952 Summer Olympics →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Károly Takács ("Károly Takács") →	fullName
Károly Takács ("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Tak%C3%A1cs") →	hasWikipediaPage
1948 Summer Olympics →	notableAthlete