MK Parasport kiadvany EN 0216 - Flipbook - Page 8
OUR PARALYMPIC CHAMPIONS
Paralympic champions between 1976 and 2016
Zoltán Tauber
para table tennis
In 1945, while disassembling a war shell, the projectile exploded in his hands. Later on, he was introduced to para table tennis, and aerwards, he
competed in regional, national and international
competitions in the sport. He won gold at the 1976
Toronto Paralympics, but due to political relations,
his medal was taken away, until rehabilitated by
the
Hungarian
Paralympic
Committee
in
2016.
With this achievement, Zoltán Tauber became the
first
Paralympic
champion
in
Hungary’s
history.
Paralympic titles:
1976 – Toronto: Singles Table Tennis
sports
János Becsey
para swimming
Paralympic titles:
1992 - Barcelona: Para Swimming 50 m Freestyle,
100 m Freestyle
Géza Dukai
para swimming
Paralympic titles:
1984 - Stoke Mandeville, New York: 100 m
Breaststroke, 100 m Butterfly, 200 m Medley
8 | Go Hungarians!
