György Gurics
Hungarian wrestler (1929–2013)
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 | 1952 Helsinki | Middleweight |
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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