Index – Sport – Attila Horváth World Championship bronze medal discus thrower dies of coronavirus



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Attila Horváth, a former Haladás disc jockey, died of a disease caused by a coronavirus – ugytudjuk.hu reported. According to the portal, the 53-year-old athlete has been fighting the infection for a long time, being treated in the intensive care unit for several weeks.

The Hungarian Athletics Association’s duel report highlights that the first Hungarian world championship medalist in the sport finished third in 1991 in Tokyo.

The athlete, born in Szombathely, was youth European champion in 1985, fifth at the 1992 Olympic Games, fifth at the European Championship in 1994 and fourth at the World Championship in 1995.

He has won the Hungarian championship nine times as a Haladás VSE competitor, his best result being the first 68.58 meters in the world ranking in 1994, which led the Hungarian ranking for eight years as a national peak.

Attila Horváth is considered by the Hungarian Athletics Association as his own dead.

A Roma human rights activist from Józsefváros was a 28-year-old victim of the coronavirus

Lajos Balogh “Paci” passed away on Monday afternoon at 2:40 pm They tried to revive him but could no longer save him.



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