Július Torma

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Olympic medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for  Czechoslovakia
Gold	1948 London	Welterweight

Július Torma (March 7, 1922 – October 23, 1991) was a Slovak boxer. He won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1948 for Czechoslovakia in the category up to 67 kg. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics (1948, 1952 and 1956).

Torma defeated Hank Herring of the United States in the 1948 final. Torma also competed as a welterweight in 1952, losing in the quarterfinals; and in 1956, as a Middleweight.

He was born in Budapest and died in Praha.

[edit] Olympic results

1952 (as a Welterweight)

• Defeated John Patrick Maloney (Great Britain) 2-1
• Defeated Louis Gage (United States) 2-1
• Lost to Zygmunt Chychla (Poland) 1-2

1956 (as a Middleweight)

• Defeated Howard Richter (Australia) points
• Lost to Ramón Tapia (Chile) KO by 2

[edit] External links

• profile

v • d • e Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Welterweight 1904: 135-145 lb (61.2-65.8 kg), 1920 – 1936: 135-147 lb (61.2-66.7 kg), 1948: 62-67 kg, 1952 – 2000: 63.5-67 kg, 2004 – 2008: 64-69 kg 1904: Albert Young (USA) • 1920: Bert Schneider (CAN) • 1924: Jean Delarge (BEL) • 1928: Ted Morgan (NZL) • 1932: Edward Flynn (USA) • 1936: Sten Suvio (FIN) • 1948: Július Torma (TCH) • 1952: Zygmunt Chychła (POL) • 1956: Nicolae Linca (ROU) • 1960: Nino Benvenuti (ITA) • 1964: Marian Kasprzyk (POL) • 1968: Manfred Wolke (GDR) • 1972: Emilio Correa (CUB) • 1976: Jochen Bachfeld (GDR) • 1980: Andrés Aldama (CUB) • 1984: Mark Breland (USA) • 1988: Robert Wangila (KEN) • 1992: Michael Carruth (IRL) • 1996-2000: Oleg Saitov (RUS) • 2004: Bakhtiyar Artayev (KAZ) • 2008: Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (KAZ)

This biographical article related to a Slovak boxer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e

This article about a Czechoslovak Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e