György Gurics (27 January 1929 – 10 September 2013)[1] was a Hungarian wrestler. He was born in Dunapentele in Fejér County. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling from 1952. He won a gold medal in Greco-Roman Wrestling at the 1961 World Wrestling Championships.[2] He was named Hungarian Sportsman of The Year in 1961.
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| Native name | Gurics György | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 January 1929 Dunapentele, Kingdom of Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 September 2013 (aged 84) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ "Meghalt Gurics György" (in Hungarian). birkoszov.hu. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "György Gurics". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
External links
edit- György Gurics at the International Wrestling Database
- György Gurics at Olympics.com
- György Gurics at Olympedia
- György Gurics at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
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