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Imre Harangi

Imre Harangi

Hungarian boxer

The native form of this personal name is Harangi Imre. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Imre Harangi (16 October 1913 – 4 February 1979) was a Hungarian amateur lightweight boxer. He placed second at the 1934 European Championships and won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in a close final against Nikolai Stepulov of Estonia. Harangi lost the first round and had his both eyes swollen and bleeding, yet he managed to outperform Stepulov in the remaining two rounds.[1][2]

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1936 Olympic results

Below are the results of Imre Harangi, a Hungarian boxer who competed in the lightweight division of the 1936 Berlin Olympics:

  • Round of 32: bye
  • Round of 16: defeated Robert Seidel (Switzerland) on points
  • Quarterfinal: defeated Jose Padilla Jr. (Philippines) on points
  • Semifinal: defeated Poul Kopa (Denmark) on points
  • Final: defeated Nikolai Stepulov (Estonia) on points (won gold medal)

References

  1. [1]
    Imre Harangi Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. [2]
    Boxing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Lightweight Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com


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