Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | George Anthony Harry•Horvath |
Used name | George•Horvath |
Nick/petnames | Hovve |
Born | 14 March 1960 in Danderyd, Stockholm (SWE) |
Died | 3 May 2022 in Växjö, Kronoberg (SWE) |
Measurements | 182 cm / 78 kg |
Affiliations | K1 IF, Stockholm (SWE) |
NOC | Sweden |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 1 |
Total | 1 |
George Horvath was born in Danderyd, Sweden, to Hungarian parents. Horvath, along with Svante Rasmuson and Lennart Pettersson, won the bronze medal in the modern pentathlon team event at the 1980 Moskva Olympics. Horvath also worked as a police officer in Stockholm.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1980 Summer Olympics | Modern Pentathlon | SWE | George Horvath | |||
Individual, Men (Olympic) | 9 | |||||
Team, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 3 | Bronze |