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Name
  
Gyula Torok

Role
  
Boxer


Died
  
January 12, 2014

Martial art
  
Boxing

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Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Flyweight

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Gyula Török (24 January 1938 – 12 January 2014) was an amateur 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. After that he moved to bantamweight and won three more national titles in 1961, 1962 and 1964. He lost to Primo Zamparini in a quarter-final of the 1961 European Championships, and to Oleg Grigoryev in his first bout at the 1964 Olympics. Török retired from competitions in 1966 and for 40 years worked at the Kispest Granite Factory. In parallel he coached boxers at Építők SC in 1976–78 and at Csepel SC in 1978–81. In the 1990 he also worked for the national boxing team and the Hungarian Boxing Federation.

References

Gyula Török Wikipedia


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