Tibor Csík 2 September, 1927- was a

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boxer from

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, who won the

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medal at the

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. He was born in

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into a poor family. He began boxing in featherweight and later changed to bantamweight. A two-time Hungarian champion from 1946 and 1948, his biggest success was the Olympic Games gold medal he won in London. Csik had an easy route to the semi-finals, as his first opponent was disqualified, and his quarter final opponent

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of Australia, was forced to withdraw due to an eye injury. In the final, Csik won a decision over Giovanni Zuddas of

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, to win the gold medal. After his return to Hungary he was awarded the honorary citizenship of Jászberény. He actively participated in the

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, which eventually was struck down by the invading Soviet Army and Csík had to flee Hungary. He settled in Australia, where he died in 1976. He was buried in Sydney.

1948 Olympic results

Below is the record of Tibor Csik who competed as a bantamweight at the 1948 Olympic boxing tournament in London: * Round of 32: defeated Manoel do Nacsimento (Brazil) by disqualification in round 2 * Round of 16: defeated Santiago Rivera (Peru) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated Jimmy Carruthers (Australia) by walkover * Semifinal: defeated Juan Evangelista Venegas (Puerto Rico) on points * Final: defeated Giovanni Zuddas (Italy) on points (won gold medal)

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1927 births 1976 deaths People from Jászberény Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers of Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Hungarian emigrants to Australia Hungarian male boxers Sportspeople from Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-boxing-bio-stub