József Balla (27 July 1955 – 18 March 2003) was a heavyweight freestyle wrestler from
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
. He won silver medals at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, 1985 World Championships, and 1975, 1978 and 1981 European championships. He won the European championships in 1983.
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Personal life
Balla was born in Szőreg on 27 July 1955. He died in Kecskemét
Kecskemét ( , sk, Kečkemét) is a city with county rights central part Hungary. It is the eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun.
Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's third ...
on 17 March 2003.
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1955 births
2003 deaths
Sportspeople from Csongrád-Csanád County
Olympic wrestlers for Hungary
Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male sport wrestlers
Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian people
21st-century Hungarian people
Friendship Games medalists
World Wrestling Championships medalists
European Wrestling Champions
European Wrestling Championships medalists
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