Gábor Csapó, an Olympic, world and European champion water polo player, died at the age of seventy-two.
According to the website of the Hungarian Water Polo Association (MVLSZ), the legendary figure of the sport died at dawn on Sunday. Gábor Csapó joined the national team in 1970, and in 1973 he was one of the best in the team that won the World Championship in Belgrade.
The peak of his career was the 1976 Montreal Olympics, which ended with a gold medal, but he was also a member of the third-place team at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He also played in the European Championship-winning team in Vienna (1974) and Jönköping (1977).
His medal collection is completed by three world championships (1975, 1978, 1982) and a European silver medal (1983). He played 272 times in the Hungarian national team from 1970 to 1983.
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