Ferenc Pataki (18 September 1917 – 25 April 1988) was a Hungarian

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and Olympic champion. He competed at the

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where he received a gold medal in ''floor exercise'', and bronze medals in ''vault'' and ''team combined exercises''."1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics"
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* 1917 births 1988 deaths Hungarian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub