Lajos Rácz (born in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

1 July 1952) is a Hungarian

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. He won an Olympic silver medal in

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in 1980. He won a gold medal at the

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* 1952 births Living people Sport wrestlers from Budapest Olympic wrestlers for Hungary Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Hungarian male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-wrestling-bio-stub