Márton Lõrincz (28 October 1911 – 1 August 1969)http://www.hhrf.org/hargitanepe/2005/okt/hn051017.htm# was a Hungarian

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sport ...

and Olympic champion in

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. He was born in Korond and died in

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Olympics

Lõrincz competed 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 ...

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where he received a gold medal in

, the ''bantamweight'' class."1936 Summer Olympics – Berlin, Germany – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 2, 2008)

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* 1911 births 1969 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Hungary Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Hungarian male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-wrestling-bio-stub