grandfather was born in Nagyvárad (now Oradea) Mark Spitz, his great-grandfather (Nathan) was born in Hungary László Szabados, Olympic bronze (4x200-m freestyle relay) András Székely, Olympic silver (200-m breaststroke) and bronze (4x200-m freestyle relay); died in a Nazi concentration camp Éva Székely, Olympic champion & silver (200-m breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati (mother Jewish, father Roman Catholic szekler) Judit Temes, Olympic champion (4×100-m freestyle), bronze (100-m freestyle) Imre Zachár, Olympic silver (4x200-m freestyle relay) Table tennis Viktor Barna (born "Győző Braun"), 22 time world champion, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame ("ITTFHoF") Laszlo Bellak, 7 time world champion, ITTFHoF Anna Sipos, 11 time world champion, ITTFHoF Miklós Szabados, 15 time world champion Tennis Zsuzsa Körmöczy, won 1958 French Open Singles, world # 2. Track and field Ödön Bodor, Olympic bronze (medley relay) Ibolya Csák, Olympic champion & European champion high jumper Mór Kóczán, javelin, Olympic bronze (Calvinist priest) Water polo Robert Antal, Olympic champion István Barta, Olympic champion, gold György Bródy, (3g1b & 2g & 2g), goalkeeper, 2 time Olympic champion Dezső Gyarmati, Olympic water polo player & captain (3g1s1b) (half Jewish) György Kárpáti, 3 time Olympic champion, 1 time bronze (half Jewish) Béla Komjádi water polo player and coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame Mihály Mayer, 2 time Olympic champion, 2 time bronze Miklós Sárkány, 2 time Olympic champion Iván Somlai, 1976 Olympic Assistant Coach and Game Plan Manager of Team Canada Wrestling Károly Kárpáti (also "Károly Kellner"), Olympic champion (freestyle lightweight), silver Other sports Paul Havas, Columbia quarterback Ferenc Kemény, co-founder and first secretary of the IOC Olympic gold medalists at the Summer Games Before the Holocaust Hungarian Jews, while comprising some 5% of the population of Hungary, won 8 individual gold medals for Hungary out of 26 (30.8%) in the Olympic sports events between 1896 and 1936. In each of the 7 gold winning teams, there were Hungarian Jews making up 35.8% of the teams (19 out of 53 team members). 1896 Alfréd Hajós-Guttman (2) swimming, 100-meter freestyle, 1,500-meter freestyle 1906 Alfréd Hajós-Guttman, swimming, 800-meter freestyle relay 1908 Dezső Földes, fencing, team saber Dr.Jenő Fuchs (2), fencing, individual saber, team saber Dr. Oszkár Gerde, fencing, team saber Lajos Werkner, fencing, team saber Richard Weisz, Greco-Roman wrestling, heavyweight 1912 Dezső Földes, fencing, team saber Dr. Jenő Fuchs (2), fencing, individual saber, team saber Dr. Oszkár Gerde, fencing, team saber Lajos Werkner, fencing,