Karoly Takacs

Karoly Takacs

Karoly Takacs was a Hungarian Army shooter, who lost his winning "right" hand due to a grenade explosion months before the Olympic games. He decided to practice shooting with his left hand and won the Hungarian National Pistol Shooting Championship in 1939 and won gold in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics.

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