József Tunyogi
Hungarian wrestler (1907–1980)
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Men's Wrestling | ||
 | 1932 Los Angeles | Men's middleweight freestyle |
József Tunyogi (9 March 1907 - 11 April 1980) was born in Budapest, Hungary and was a Hungarian wrestler.
He won the European Greco-Roman wrestling championship in 1929 and the European freestyle wrestling in 1931.
1932 games
The following year he was selected by Hungary for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States at the age of 25. In the first round (1 August) he defeated Émile Poilvé of France, followed by Robert Hess of the USA the next day.
In the third round he defeated Sumiyuki Kutani of Japan, on the same day as he defeated Hess. All three of his victories were by decision.
In the final round, however, he was beaten by Kyösti Luukko of Finland, knocked out after 7 minutes, 29 seconds. Luukko then went on to win the silver medal.
He died in 1980 in Iváncsa, Hungary.
See also
References
- József Tunyogi biography
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- 1929:
Erich Äschlimann (SUI) - 1930:
Sanfrid Söderqvist (SWE) - 1931:
József Tunyogi (HUN) - 1933: László Papp (HUN)
- 1934: Knut Fridell (SWE)
- 1935: Edvard Virág (HUN)
- 1937: Axel Cadier (SWE)
- 1946: Bengt Fahlkvist (SWE)
- 1949:
Adil Candemir (TUR) - 1966:
Shota Lomidze (URS) - 1967: Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
- 1968: Vladimir Guliutkin (URS)
- 1969: Gennadi Strahov (URS)
- 1970: Boris Gurevich (URS)
- 1972: Gennadi Strahov (URS)
- 1973: Piotr Surikov (URS)
- 1974: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1975:
Horst Stottmeister (GDR) - 1976: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1977: Anatoli Prokopchuk (URS)
- 1978: Uwe Neupert (GDR)
- 1979: Uwe Neupert (GDR)
- 1980: Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)
- 1981: Uwe Neupert (GDR)
- 1982:
Ivan Guinov (BUL) - 1983: Piotr Naniyev (URS)
- 1984: Vaja Yevloyev (URS)
- 1985: Robert Tibilov (URS)
- 1986: Sanasar Oganisian (URS)
- 1987: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1988: Vagab Kazibekov (URS)
- 1989: Vagab Kazibekov (URS)
- 1990: Vagab Kazibekov (URS)
- 1991: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1992:
Makharbek Khadartsev (CIS) - 1993:
Dzhambolat Tedeyev (UKR) - 1994:
Soslan Fraev (RUS) - 1995: Makharbek Khadartsev (RUS)
- 2018: Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2019:
Sharif Sharifov (AZE) - 2020: Süleyman Karadeniz (TUR)
- 2021: Magomed Kurbanov (RUS)
- 2022: Feyzullah Aktürk (TUR)
- 2023: Feyzullah Aktürk (TUR)
- 2024: Feyzullah Aktürk (TUR)
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