György Gurics
Hungarian wrestler (1929–2013)
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Native name | Gurics György | ||||||||||||||
Born | 27 January 1929 Dunapentele, Kingdom of Hungary | ||||||||||||||
Died | 10 September 2013(2013-09-10) (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||
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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.
References
- ^ "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
- 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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World Champions in Greco-Roman light heavyweight (90 kg)
- 1910: Hermann Buchholz (GER)
- 1911: Alfred Asikainen (FIN)
- 1913: Ernst Nilsson (SWE)
- 1920: Michael Heinl (AUT)
- 1921: Edil Rosenqvist (FIN)
- 1922: Edil Rosenqvist (FIN)
- 1950: Muharrem Candaş (TUR)
- 1953: August Englas (URS)
- 1955: Valentin Nikolayev (URS)
- 1958: Rostom Abashidze (URS)
- 1961: György Gurics (HUN)
- 1962: Rostom Abashidze (URS)
- 1963: Rostom Abashidze (URS)
- 1965: Valery Anisimov (URS)
- 1966: Boyan Radev (BUL)
- 1967: Nikolay Yakovenko (URS)
- 1969: Aleksandr Yurkevich (URS)
- 1970: Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1971: Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1973: Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1974: Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1975: Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1977: Frank Andersson (SWE)
- 1978: Stoyan Nikolov (BUL)
- 1979: Frank Andersson (SWE)
- 1981: Igor Kanygin (URS)
- 1982: Frank Andersson (SWE)
- 1983: Igor Kanygin (URS)
- 1985: Mike Houck (USA)
- 1986: Andrzej Malina (POL)
- 1987: Vladimir Popov (URS)
- 1989: Maik Bullmann (GDR)
- 1990: Maik Bullmann (GDR)
- 1991: Maik Bullmann (GER)
- 1993: Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)
- 1994: Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)
- 1995: Hakkı Başar (TUR)
- 1910: 85 kg
- 1911: 83 kg
- 1913–1922: 82.5 kg
- 1950–1961: 87 kg
- 1962–1967: 97 kg
- 1969–1995: 90 kg
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Preceded by | Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1961 | Succeeded by |
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