Miklós Sárkány


Miklós Sárkány was a Hungarian water polo player and Olympic gold medalist.

Career

He competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest.
In 1932 he was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal. He played one match.
Four years later he won again the gold medal with the Hungarian team. At the Berlin Games he played three matches.
Sárkány was Jewish; he was one of a number of Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Olympics in Berlin in 1936.
He died in Vienna, Austria. He was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering, where also his ashes are buried.