Lajos Keresztes (30 April 1900 in
Alsósófalva (now Ocna de Jos,
Romania
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) – 9 August 1978 in
Budapest
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) was a
Hungarian wrestler
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and Olympic champion in
Greco-Roman wrestling.
Olympics
Keresztes competed at the
1924 Summer Olympics in
Paris
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where he won a silver medal in
Greco-Roman wrestling, the lightweight class.
["1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Wrestling"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 2 September 2008) He won a gold medal at the
1928 Summer Olympics in
Amsterdam
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.
["1928 Summer Olympics – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Wrestling"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)
References
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1900 births
1978 deaths
Olympic wrestlers of Hungary
Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male sport wrestlers
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian people
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