István_Pelle

István Pelle

István Pelle

Hungarian gymnast

István Pelle (26 July 1907 – 6 March 1986)[1] was a Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion.

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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

  1. [1]
    "Hungary" Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine – olympic-medallists.com (Retrieved on March 31, 2008)
  2. [2]
    "1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 30, 2008)
  3. [3]
    "István Pelle". Archived from the original on September 24, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.


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