László_Jeney

László Jeney

László Jeney

Hungarian water polo player

The native form of this personal name is Jeney László. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

László Jeney (30 May 1923 – 24 April 2006) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and 1960 Summer Olympics. He is one of eight male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo.[1]

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He was born in Cluj, Kingdom of Romania and died in Budapest.

Jeney was part of the Hungarian team which won the silver medal in the 1948 tournament. He played two matches as goalkeeper.

Four years later he was a member of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal in the 1952 Olympic tournament. He played six matches as goalkeeper.

At the 1956 Games he won again the gold medal with the Hungarian team. He played two matches as goalkeeper.

His last Olympic tournament was in Rome 1960 where he won the bronze medal. Again he played two matches as goalkeeper for the Hungarian team.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020.


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