István Pelle
| István Pelle | |
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| Country represented |  Hungary |
| Born | July 26, 1907 Budapest, Hungary |
| Died | March 6, 1986 (aged 78) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
| Club | BTC, Budapest |
István Pelle (July 26, 1907 – March 6, 1986)[1] was a Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion.
He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received gold medals in floor exercises and pommel horse, and silver medals in parallel bars and individual all-around.[2]
After World War II, he left Hungary, toured as an artist, and eventually settled in Argentina.[3]
References
- ^ "Hungary" Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine – olympic-medallists.com (Retrieved on March 31, 2008)
- ^ "1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 30, 2008)
- ^ "István Pelle". Archived from the original on September 24, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
External links
- István Pelle at Olympics.com
- István Pelle at Olympedia
- István Pelle at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
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- 1907 births
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- Hungarian male artistic gymnasts
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- Gymnasts at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
- Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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