István Pelle
| István Pelle | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 July 1907 Men's artistic gymnastics |
| Country represented |  Hungary |
| Club | BTC, Budapest |
Medal record | |
István Pelle (26 July 1907 – 6 March 1986)[3] was a Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion.
He competed at the
1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, finishing 18th in the all-around competition.[5] He was also quite successful at various World Championship competition during this time - at the 1930 Worlds, he won individual gold on the horizontal bar apparatus, and at the 1931 Worlds
, he won individual gold on the parallel bars apparatus.
After World War II, he left Hungary, toured as an artist, and eventually settled in Argentina.[6]
References
- ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). "125th Anniversary - The story goes on..." (PDF). FIG. p. 64.
- ^ Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 84. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ "Hungary"[usurped] – 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)
- ^ Organizing Committee for the 11th Berlin Olympiad. "The XIth Olympic Games Berlin, 1936 Official Report (Volume II)". p. 861. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "István Pelle". Archived from the original on September 24, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
External links
- István Pelle at Olympics.com
- István Pelle at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
- István Pelle at Olympedia
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