György Bródy (21 July 1908 – 5 August 1967) was a Hungarian water polo player.
| György Bródy | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 György Bródy, 1932, cropped | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
21 July 1908 Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
5 August 1967 (aged 59) Johannesburg, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editAt the 1928 Summer Olympics he was a reserve player for the Hungarian water polo team, but did not compete in a match of the tournament.
In 1932, he was part of the Hungarian team that won the gold medal, playing two matches in the critical role of goalkeeper.[1]
Four years later, in 1936, he won the gold medal again with the Hungarian team at the Berlin Games. Playing a major role, he tended goal in six matches.[1] He was one of only around nine Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Germany-hosted Olympics, with the number including four Hungarians.[1]
Bródy died on 5 August 1967 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "The Nazi Olympics (Berlin 1936)—Jewish Athletes; Olympic Medalists". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
External links
edit- György Bródy at Olympics.com
- György Bródy at Olympedia
- György Bródy at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
  | This article about an Olympic medalist of Hungary is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article relating to a Hungarian water polo figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |