# István Szívós Sr.

> István Szívós Sr. was a Hungarian water polo player. He was part of the Hungarian teams that won gold medals at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and placed second in 1948. At the 1956 Olympics he also took part in the 200 m breaststroke swimming competition, but failed to reach the final. In 1997 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, one year later than his son István Jr., who competed in water polo at the 1968–1980 Olympics. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Hungary at the opening ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, becoming the 14th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

*Hungarian water polo player and coach (1920–1992)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/istvan-szivos-sr

## Identity
- **Born:** 1920-08-20
- **Died:** 1992-06-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 13.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [西沃什·伊什特万 (1920年)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%B2%83%E4%BB%80%C2%B7%E4%BC%8A%E4%BB%80%E7%89%B9%E4%B8%87_(1920%E5%B9%B4))
- [استفان سزافيس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [István Szívós](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Sz%C3%ADv%C3%B3s)
- [István Szívós senior](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Sz%C3%ADv%C3%B3s_senior)
- [István Szívós (water polo, born 1920)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Sz%C3%ADv%C3%B3s_(water_polo%2C_born_1920))
- [István Szívós (pli aĝa)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Sz%C3%ADv%C3%B3s_(pli_a%C4%9Da))
- [István Szívós](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Sz%C3%ADv%C3%B3s)
- [ایشتوان سیووش (بازیکن واترپلو، زاده ۱۹۲۰)](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B4_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B2%DB%B0))
- [István Szívós (vesipalloilija, 1920)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Sz%C3%ADv%C3%B3s_(vesipalloilija%2C_1920))
- [István Szívós (1920)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Sz%C3%ADv%C3%B3s_(1920))
- [Szívós István (vízilabdázó, 1920)](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%ADv%C3%B3s_Istv%C3%A1n_(v%C3%ADzilabd%C3%A1z%C3%B3%2C_1920))
- [István Szívós (pallanuotista 1920)](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Sz%C3%ADv%C3%B3s_(pallanuotista_1920))
- [István Szívós sr.](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Sz%C3%ADv%C3%B3s_sr.)
- [István Szivós](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Sziv%C3%B3s)
- [István Szívós (1920–1992)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Sz%C3%ADv%C3%B3s_(1920%E2%80%931992))
- [Иштван Сивош (ватерполиста, 1920)](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%88_(%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_1920))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954522)

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