Zoltan Halmay

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Zoltan Halmay was born on June 18, 1881 and died on May 20, 1956. He was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer who competed in four Olympics from 1900 to 1908 and won the silver medal in 1900 for the 200 m and 4000 m freestyle, bronze in the 1000 m freestyle, gold in the 50yd, and 100yd freestyle in 1904 and gold in 1906 for the 4 by 250 m freestyle relay.

Zoltan, with all his perseverance and superior approach towards the sport, accomplished many aspirations in his overall athletic career. He possessed the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra effort. He never lost hope in himself and always strived hard to accomplish his ambition.