György Gurics (27 January 1929 – 10 September 2013)
was a
Hungarian wrestler
Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...
. He was born in
Dunapentele in
Fejér County
Fejér (, ) is an administrative county in central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Veszprém, Komárom-Esztergom County ...
. He was Olympic bronze medalist in
Freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...
from 1952. He won a gold medal in
Greco-Roman Wrestling
Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Euro-English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been i ...
at the
1961 World Wrestling Championships
The 1961 World Wrestling Championships were held in Yokohama, Japan from 1 to 7 June 1961.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Freestyle
Greco-Roman
References
External linksUWW Database
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.
He was named
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 1961.
References
External links
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1929 births
2013 deaths
Sportspeople from Fejér County
Olympic wrestlers for Hungary
Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male sport wrestlers
Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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