Vilmos Énekes (28 February 1915 – 7 December 1990) was a Hungarian boxer.
He won the gold medal in the
Flyweight
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing up to and including 51 kg (112 lb) for a title fight.
Professional boxing
The flyweight division was the last of boxin ...
division at the
1937 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The 1937 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Milan, Italy from 5 to 9 May. It was the fifth edition of the competition, organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 85 fighters from 16 countries par ...
in
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
.
Vilmos was the younger brother of
István Énekes
István Énekes (20 February 1911 – 2 January 1940) was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Background
In 1932 he won the gold medal in the Flyweight class after winning the final against Francisco Cabañ ...
.
1915 births
1990 deaths
Flyweight boxers
Boxers from Budapest
Hungarian male boxers
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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