Mór Kóczán
Athlete and Calvinist pastor (1895–1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Móric "Mór" Kóczán (Hungarian: [ˈmoːr ˈkoːt͡saːn]; also known under the pseudonym Miklós Kovács; 8 January 1885 – 30 July 1972)[1] was a Hungarian athlete and Calvinist pastor. Specialized for the throwing events, his best results came in the javelin throw, having won five Hungarian championship titles between 1911 and 1918. Kóczán competed for Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics. He produced his best performance in 1912 by winning the bronze medal in the javelin throw event.[2]
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Full name | Móric Kóczán | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Hungarian, Czechoslovak | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1885-01-08)8 January 1885 Kocs, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||
Died | 30 July 1972(1972-07-30) (aged 77) Alsógöd, Hungary | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Discus throw – 39.09 m (1910)[1] Javelin throw – 59.71 m (1914)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Following World War I, after the borders of Hungary were redrawn, Kóczán, together with hundreds of thousands of ethnic Hungarians, found himself in the newly created Czechoslovakia. In 1920 he became Czechoslovak champion in the javelin throw and four years later represented the country at the Olympics, where he finished in 23rd place. Besides athletics, he did not forget his pastoral duties and he also urged the local communities to take part in sports. In 1948 he was deported to Hungary and lived the last decades of his life in Alsógöd, where he died in 1972.