Ceglédi Vasutas Sportegyesület, commonly referred to as Ceglédi VSE is a Hungarian
sports club based in
Cegléd,
Pest County. It consists of multiple departments, namely
football
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,
athletics and
wrestling. The team's colours are
yellow and
blue.
History
On 3 March 1935, Ceglédi Vasutas Sportegyesület ("Cegléd Railway Sports Association") was established on the initiative of railway station chief Dr. Gyula Stankaai, and officers Kornél Ginovszky and József Gámán.
The adopted statutes set out the objectives of the new club, intended to further bring together the railway workers through sports. In the first year, 153 regular railwaymen and 98 family members became members of the club.
Members of the club would excel in various sports, with club
wrestler József Gál becoming the first Hungarian world champions in lightweight at the
1950 World Wrestling Championships
The 1950 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship were held in Stockholm, Sweden
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, as well as competing in the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
.
At the 1952 Summer Olympics, club
pentathlon
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athlete
István Szondy received a gold medal in the team modern pentathlon event and a bronze in the individual event.
["1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Modern Pentathlon"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 27 September 2008) In recent times, wrestler
Tamás Lőrincz from the club won the silver medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in the Greco-Roman 66 kg event and a gold medal in the
men's 77 kg event at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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held in Tokyo, Japan.
In the footballing department, Ceglédi VSE has experienced modest success, achieving promotion in the 2006–07 season as champions of its third division season.
References
External links
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Soccerway
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Football clubs in Hungary
Association football clubs established in 1935
1935 establishments in Hungary