István Énekes (20 February 1911 – 2 January 1940) was a
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who competed in the
1932 Summer Olympics
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.
Background
In 1932 he won the gold medal in the
Flyweight
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Boxing
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Professional boxing
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class after winning the final against
Francisco Cabañas of Mexico. He won twice the gold medal at the
1930 European Amateur Boxing Championships and
1934 European Amateur Boxing Championships, both in Budapest, respectively in the flyweight and bantamweight classes. He was born in and died in
Budapest
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.
István was the elder brother of
Vilmos Énekes.
Olympic record
Below is the complete Olympic boxing record for István Énekes, who competed for Hungary in the flyweight division of the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles:
* Round of 16: defeated Gaston Fayaud of France by decision
* Quarterfinal: defeated Edelweis Rodriguez of Italy by decision
* Semifinal: defeated Louis Salica of the United States by decision
* Final: defeated Francisco Cabañas of Mexico by decision (won gold medal)
References
István Énekes at databaseOlympics.com
1911 births
1940 suicides
1940 deaths
Flyweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Hungary
Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
Martial artists from Budapest
Olympic medalists in boxing
Hungarian male boxers
Suicides in Hungary
Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian people
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