Ferenc Török (born 3 August 1935) is a Hungarian

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and Olympic champion.

Olympics

Ferenc Török received an individual gold medal at the

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, and a bronze medal with the Hungarian team."1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Modern Pentathlon"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 16, 2008) He received a gold medal at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

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with the Hungarian team."1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Modern Pentathlon"
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Awards

Török was elected

Hungarian Sportsman of the Year Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year () awards are granted each year since 1958, with categories for sportsmen, sportswomen, teams, coach (sports), coaches (since 1985) and presidents (since 1995). List of winners Statistics Individual winn ...

in 1964, and Hungarian Coach of the Year in 1989.

References

1935 births Living people Hungarian male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Hungary Modern pentathletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Hungarian sports coaches Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Modern pentathletes from Budapest World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub