Franz Zigon

{{Short description|Austrian water polo player (1924–2023)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|3|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Linz, Austria

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Franz Zigon (24 March 1924 – 1 July 2023) was an Austrian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zi/franz-zigon-1.html |accessdate=27 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112213152/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zi/franz-zigon-1.html |archivedate=12 November 2014 }} As of 2018, Zigon was still actively swimming at the age of 94.{{cite news |title=Schwimmlegende Franz Zigon Im Portrait |url=https://tv1.nachrichten.at/oberösterreich/sendung/2018_34/schwimmlegende_franz_zigon_im_portrait/9631 |access-date=11 March 2022 |publisher=TV1 |date=2018}} He died in July 2023, at the age of 99.{{cite web |last1=Palmer |first1=Wolfgang |title=Nachruf Franz Zigon: 1924 – 2023 |url=https://www.ooelsv.at/post/nachruf-franz-zigon-1924-2023 |website=OÖLSV |access-date=1 January 2024}}