About Károly Takács
Károly Takács was the first shooter to win two Olympic gold medals in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event, both with his left hand after his right hand was seriously injured. He is the third known physically disabled athlete to have competed in the Olympic Games after George Eyser in 1904 and Olivér Halassy in 1928, followed by Liz Hartel in 1952, Neroli Fairhall in 1984 and Oscar Pistorius in 2012. Károly Takács (21 January 1910 – 5 January 1976) was the first shooter to win two Olympic gold medals in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event, both with his left hand after his right hand was seriously injured. Takács won a second gold medal in the same event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Takács also attended the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, but finished eighth and failed to win a third medal. Although most associated with the rapid fire pistol, Takács also won a bronze medal at the 1958 ISSF World Shooting Championships in 25 metre center-fire pistol. He practiced in secret, surprising his countrymen when he won the Hungarian national pistol shooting championship in the spring of 1939.
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