István Pelle
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István Pelle (26 July 1907 – 6 March 1986) – ''olympic-medallists.com'' (Retrieved on March 31, 2008) was a Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the
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where he received gold medals in ''floor exercises'' and ''pommel horse'', and silver medals in ''parallel bars'' and ''individual all-around''."1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Gymnastics"
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He also competed at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, finishing 18th in the all-around competition. He was also quite successful at various World Championship competition during this time - at the 1930 Worlds, he won individual gold on the horizontal bar apparatus, and at the 1931 Worlds, he won individual gold on the parallel bars apparatus. After
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, he left Hungary, toured as an artist, and eventually settled in Argentina.


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* 1907 births 1986 deaths Gymnasts from Budapest Hungarian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1932 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub