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István Pelle

1907 - 1986

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István Pelle (26 July 1907 – 6 March 1986) 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. He also competed at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, finishing 18th in the all-around competition. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. István Pelle is the 40th most popular gymnast (up from 84th in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 626th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, István Pelle ranks 40 out of 370. Before him are Gustave Sandras, Carl Holmberg, Alberto Braglia, Carl Albert Andersen, Maria Gorokhovskaya, and Axel Ljung. After him are Margit Korondi, Veikko Huhtanen, Yukio Endo, Charles Champaud, Arvid Holmberg, and Josip Primožič.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, István Pelle ranks 231. Before him are Jean Aerts, Paula Wessely, Walter Nausch, John McIntire, Vladimir Veksler, and Georg Braun. After him are Ciro Verratti, Károly Bartha, Antonín Vodička, Sofia Yablonska, Gene Autry, and Reino Kuuskoski. Among people deceased in 1986, István Pelle ranks 170. Before him are Heinz Strehl, Ronald McNair, Harald Reinl, Murray Hamilton, Francisco Mignone, and Jaroslav Burgr. After him are Floyd Gottfredson, Jacques Plante, Lars-Erik Larsson, Hal B. Wallis, Annemarie Selinko, and Vicente Trueba.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Pelle ranks 489 out of 1,077. Before him are Mari Törőcsik (1935), Zsuzsa Koncz (1946), János Simor (1813), Kálmán Kandó (1869), Gyula Illyés (1902), and István Mészáros (1930). After him are Angelica Bella (1968), Károly Bartha (1907), Anton Seidl (1850), János Garay (1889), Kati Kovács (1944), and Agnes Simon (1935).

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Among GYMNASTS In Hungary

Among gymnasts born in Hungary, István Pelle ranks 2. Before him are Ágnes Keleti (1921). After him are Zoltán Magyar (1953), Samu Fóti (1890), Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles (1924), Olga Tass (1929), Ottó Hellmich (1874), Gyula Kakas (1878), Henrietta Ónodi (1974), Szilveszter Csollány (1970), Krisztián Berki (1985), and Zója Székely (2003).

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