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Gyula Török

1938 - 2014

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Gyula Török (24 January 1938 – 12 January 2014) was an Olympic champion Hungarian boxer. Competing in the flyweight division, he won the national title in 1957–58, a silver medal at the 1959 European Championships, and a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics. He subsequently moved to bantamweight and won three more national titles, in 1961, 1962 and 1964. He lost to Italy's Primo Zamparini in a quarter-final of the 1961 European Championships, and to Russia's Oleg Grigoryev in his first bout at the 1964 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gyula Török is the 616th most popular athlete (up from 904th in 2019), the 511th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 607th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gyula Török ranks 616 out of 6,025. Before him are Angelo Vanzin, Konrad Stäheli, Joseph Alzin, Kenenisa Bekele, Sverre Stenersen, and Lars Hall. After him are Émile Delchambre, Jan Brzák-Felix, Lidiya Alfeyeva, Milkha Singh, Jean Cau, and Maurice Hemelsoet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Gyula Török ranks 359. Before him are Nani Bregvadze, Lynn Conway, Aydin Ibrahimov, Stien Kaiser, Stephen Breyer, and Kazım Ayvaz. After him are Jaki Liebezeit, Herman Daly, Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, Roy Thinnes, Tang Jiaxuan, and Kito Lorenc. Among people deceased in 2014, Gyula Török ranks 287. Before him are Brian G. Hutton, Frans van der Lugt, Victor J. Stenger, China Zorrilla, Ruby Dee, and Cornell Borchers. After him are Sarah Marshall, Ichirō Nagai, Bel Kaufman, Mary F. Lyon, Arnoldo Foà, and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Gyula Török ranks 511 out of 1,077. Before him are Tamás Vásáry (1933), Lajos Tihanyi (1885), Ildikó Schwarczenberger (1951), István Bibó (1911), Antal Szabó (1910), and Lily Kronberger (1890). After him are Viktor Kassai (1975), Géza Alföldy (1935), Paul von Jankó (1856), Katalin Karády (1910), István Juhász (1945), and Richard Thompson (null).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Gyula Török ranks 22. Before him are László Berti (1875), Tamás Mendelényi (1936), Imre Harangi (1913), Ödön Földessy (1929), Olivér Halassy (1909), and Imre Polyák (1932). After him are Richard Thompson (null), Ervin Mészáros (1877), Tibor Tatai (1944), György Bródy (1908), István Szondy (1925), and János Parti (1932).

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