Sándor Tarics
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23 September 1913 Budapest, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
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21 May 2016 (aged 102) San Francisco, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||
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Sándor Tarics (23 September 1913 – 21 May 2016) was a Hungarian water polo player who won a gold medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Born in
Tarics was able to escape post-war Soviet-occupied Hungary when his doctoral degree in engineering earned him a teaching fellowship in the United States. From 1949 to 1951, he served as a professor at Fort Wayne University, after which he took up a professorship at the California Institute of Technology.[citation needed] Tarics also established and grew a successful architecture and engineering practice in San Francisco.[1] His engineering work led to several patents, including "Stadium Roof, Patent No. 226, 181, Jan. 30, 1973" and "Composite Seismic Isolator, Patent No. 5, 461, 835, Oct. 31, 1995".[citation needed]
He worked in the UN Commission on Earthquakes.[citation needed]
Later life
Tarics attended the 2012 London Olympics as the oldest living Olympic champion[1] and turned 100 in September 2013.[3] Following the death of Attilio Pavesi,[4] Tarics was the oldest living Olympic champion.[1][5]
Tarics died in San Francisco, United States, on 21 May 2016 at the age of 102.[6]
See also
- Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of centenarians (sportspeople)
- Composite Seismic Isolator, Patent No. 5, 461, 835, Oct. 31, 1995
References
- ^ a b c d Dembosky, April (9 June 2012). "The Olympians: Sándor Tarics, Hungary". Financial Times Magazine.
- ^ "A University Athlete like No Other". FISU. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ Dobor, Deszo (25 September 2013). "World's oldest Olympic champion celebrates 100th birthday". International Sports Press Association. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ "Cycling News, August 4 2011, 1932 Olympic champion dies, aged 100". cyclingnews.com. 4 August 2011.
- ^ "The oldest living Olympic champion is water polo player is Sándor Tarics". hungarianambiance.com. 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Oldest Olympic champion Sandor Tarics, Berlin veteran, dies at 102". Reuters. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- Sándor Tarics' webpage at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-11-19)
- Profile of Sándor Tarics in the San Francisco Gate, August 23, 2008
External links
- Sándor Tarics at Olympics.com
- Sándor Tarics at Olympedia
- Sándor Tarics at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
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