Great Shooter:Karoly Takacs

Who was Karoly Takacs?
Kalory Takacs is the most powerful inspirational Hungarian man, while he was the first shooter to win 2 Olympics gold medals in the 25-meter rapid fire pistol round.

He was born on 21 Jan 1910 at Budapest Austria-Hungary. He joined the Hungarian army in 1936. He was best pistol shooter in his country. He decided to make his right arm most powerful arm in the world. Everyone in his country, expected that he will win the gold in Tokyo Olympics.

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Injury happens and survive:

When he was 28 years old, during his army training in 1938, when a faulty grenade explodes in his right hand, his hand was badly injured. He has to decide what to do next, he has 2 options: he left the shooting and take rest or he continue shooting with only left hand. He chooses the second option. He can’t even write in his left hand.

Road to Olympics medals:

When the operation was done in his right after 6 months, he was started the training in secret place. He surprises the countrymen when he won the national pistol shooting championship in 1939. He also part of Hungarian team that won the UIT world shooting championship.

The 1940 and 1944 Olympics was cancelled due to world war.

Now his age is 38 and younger players in pistol shooting to approximate defeat but again, he was surprising the whole world to won the 1948 Olympics in pistol shooting and defeat the world best Argentine pistol shooter Valiente, who has approached him before the event, and asked him he having heard about his accident. Karoly replied that he was there to learn, sets the world records. Valiente congratulates to him after winning the gold medal.

He won second gold medal in Olympics held at Helsinki. After the match Valiente again congratulated him and said that “you have learned more than enough now it’s time to teach me."

                                                                               

He was won 2 gold medals back to back with only left hand and he created the history in Olympics never the athletes won 2 gold medals in row. He ended his army career as a lieutenant colonel. He was also won the 35 medals in national level. He died on 5 Jan 1976 in stroke.

Moral Message:

This is men inspires me a lot. When he right hand injured even win 2 gold medals at Olympics. He did some sacrifices and earned lot respects in past, now and in future.