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Nov 10, 2009
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József Csérmák

Age: 68

first Olympic champion to break the 60-meter mark in the hammer throw at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics; won 1954 European Championships; coached 1968 Olympic hammer champion, and fellow Hungarian, Gyula Zsivótzky. He died of a heart attack.

Died: Tapolca, Hungary, Jan. 12

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