Imre Harangi (16 October 1913 – 4 February 1979) was a Hungarian amateur lightweight

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. He placed second at the 1934 European Championships and won a gold medal at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

in a close final against

Nikolai Stepulov Nikolai Stepulov (20 March 1913 – 2 January 1968) was an Estonian lightweight boxer, military officer and criminal. As a boxer he won silver medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and 1937 European Championships, and fought professionally ...

of Estonia. Harangi lost the first round and had his both eyes swollen and bleeding, yet he managed to outperform Stepulov in the remaining two rounds.

1936 Olympic results

Below are the results of Imre Harangi, a Hungarian boxer who competed in the lightweight division of the 1936 Berlin Olympics: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated Robert Seidel (Switzerland) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated Jose Padilla Jr. (Philippines) on points * Semifinal: defeated Poul Kopa (Denmark) on points * Final: defeated Nikolai Stepulov (Estonia) on points (won gold medal)

References

1913 births 1979 deaths Lightweight boxers Olympic boxers of Hungary Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in boxing Hungarian male boxers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hajdú-Bihar County 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-boxing-bio-stub