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Karoly Takacs, a Hungarian Army shooter, had his dominant hand destroyed in a grenade blast months before the olympic games. Despite this, he trained himself to shoot with his left hand and went on to win the Hungarian National Pistol Shooting Championship in 1939, as well as Gold medals in the 1948 and 1952 olympics.

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Karoly Takacs, a Hungarian Army shooter, had his dominant hand destroyed in a grenade blast months before the olympic games. Despite this, he trained himself to shoot with his left hand and went on to win the Hungarian National Pistol Shooting Championship in 1939, as well as Gold medals in the 1948 and 1952 olympics.

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