León Genuth Hejt (5 August 1931 – 10 March 2022) was an Argentine
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 competed in the
men's freestyle middleweight at the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
After Japan declared in ...
.
At the
1950 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he won the middleweight wrestling gold medal. He won the gold medal in middleweight wrestling again, at the
1953 Maccabiah Games.
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1931 births
2022 deaths
Argentine male sport wrestlers
Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Argentina
Maccabiah Games medalists in wrestling
Competitors at the 1950 Maccabiah Games
Competitors at the 1953 Maccabiah Games
Olympic wrestlers for Argentina
Sportspeople from Paraná, Entre Ríos
Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1951 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
Pan American Games gold medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
20th-century Argentine sportsmen
21st-century Argentine sportsmen
Jewish sport wrestlers
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