Márton Homonnai (5 February 1906 – 15 October 1969), also known as Márton Hlavacsek, was a Hungarian water polo player who won two gold and one silver medals at the 1928, 1932 and the 1936 Summer Olympics; his team finished fifth in 1924. During his career Homonnai played 115 international matches, often alongside his brother Lajos. His daughter Katalin Szőke became an Olympic swimmer.

During World War II Homonnai was a policeman and a member of the Arrow Cross Party, which supported the Nazis. After the war, fearing prosecution (he was sentenced to death in absentia), he flew via Germany and Brazil to Argentina, where he died in 1969.

Márton Homonnai

See also

Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

List of Olympic champions in men's water polo

List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

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1906 births

1969 deaths

Hungarian male water polo players

Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Water polo players at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Water polo players at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for Hungary in water polo

Olympic silver medalists for Hungary in water polo

Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Water polo players from Budapest

20th-century Hungarian people

Hungarian collaborators with Nazi Germany

Hungarian fascists

Nazis sentenced to death in absentia

Márton Homonnai