Ferenc Pataki (18 September 1917 – 25 April 1988) was a
Hungarian gymnast
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and Olympic champion.
He competed at the
1948 Summer Olympics in
London
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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
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