Ferenc Csik

Ferenc Csik
Personal information
Nationality  Hungary
Born (1913-12-12)12 December 1913
Kaposvár
Died 29 March 1945(1945-03-29) (aged 31)
Sopron
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Keszthelyi Törekvés (1930–1931)
BEAC (1931–1938)

Ferenc Csik (12 December 1913 29 March 1945) was a Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

In the 1936, Olympics he won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle event and a bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay event. Csik went on to become a medical doctor, and died during World War II in an air raid while assisting a wounded man.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. ISBN 1-894963-34-2
  2. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 July 2018.


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