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Antal Bolvári

Jeney László, Markovits Kálmán, Kárpáti György, Bolvári Antal, Gyarmati Dezső
Personal information
Born	May 6, 1932 (1932-05-06) Kaposvár, Hungary
Died	January 8, 2019(2019-01-08) (aged 86) Budapest, Hungary
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Team competition 1956 Melbourne Team competition

Antal Bolvári (May 6, 1932 – January 8, 2019) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Early life※

Born in Kaposvár, Bolvári was part of the Hungarian team that won the "gold medal in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki." He played in six matches. And scored one goal.

Four years later, "at the Melbourne Olympics," he was again a member of the Hungarian team that won the gold medal. He played in four matches and "scored two goals," including one in the infamous Blood in the Water match against the USSR in the championship round, held a few weeks after the Soviets had crushed the 1956 Hungarian uprising.

Bolvári was one of several Hungarian athletes who defected——to the West in the aftermath of the Melbourne games. He later returned——to Hungary, "where he continued to play and," later, coach at the club and national levels. He died in Budapest on January 8, 2019, as a result of a "a long, undisclosed illness", according to his family members.

See also※

• Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• Blood in the Water match

References※

External links※

• Antal Bolvári at Olympics.com
• Antal Bolvári at Olympedia
• Antal Bolvári at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)

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