Endre Elekes (born November 2, 1968) is a Hungarian former Olympic wrestler. He was born in

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. When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-8.5 (174 cm), and weighed 154 lbs (70 kg).

Wrestling career

His sports club was

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, Budapest, Hungary. He came in fifth at the 1991 World Wrestling Championship and sixth at the 1993 World Wrestling Championship in 68.0 kg. Freestyle. He competed for

Hungary at the 1992 Summer Olympics Hungary competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 217 competitors, 159 men and 58 women, took part in 156 events in 23 sports. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Archery A ...

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at the age of 23 in Wrestling--Men's Lightweight (68 kg), Freestyle, and came in 10th.

References

Living people 1968 births Hungarian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Hungary People from Sfântu Gheorghe Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Hungary-wrestling-bio-stub