Mihály Mayer

{{short description|Hungarian water polo player}}

{{Hungarian name|Mayer Mihály}}

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| nationality = Hungarian

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|12|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Újpest, Hungary

| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|09|04|1933|12|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Budapest, Hungary

| height = 185 cm

| weight = 81 kg

| sport = Water polo

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{{MedalSport|Men's Water Polo}}

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{{MedalGold| 1956 Melbourne | Team competition}}

{{MedalBronze|1960 Rome | Team competition}}

{{MedalGold| 1964 Tokyo | Team competition}}

{{MedalBronze|1968 Mexico City | Team competition}}

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Mihály Mayer (27 December 1933 – 4 September 2000) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He is one of eight male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo.{{cite web|title=Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/WAP/ |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428225707/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/WAP/ |archive-date=28 April 2020 }}

He was Jewish,{{cite book |title=Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |last1=Taylor |first1=Paul |year=2004 |isbn=9781903900871 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tGcPDXOjxMoC&dq=%22Jews+and+the+Olympic+Games%22+mayer+mihaly&pg=PA236}} was born in Újpest, and died in Budapest.

Mayer was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal in the 1956 tournament. He played four matches and scored one goal.

Four years later he was a member of the Hungarian team which won the bronze medal in the 1960 Olympic tournament. He played three matches and scored one goal.

At the 1964 Games he won his second gold medal with the Hungarian team. He played five matches.

In 1968 he won again a bronze medal when the Hungarian team finished third in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.