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Club
  
BTC, Budapest

Name
  
Istvan Pelle


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Country represented
  
Hungary

Istvan Pelle usersatwhunemethisterbajnokokpelle2jpg

Born
  
July 26, 1907 Budapest, Hungary (
1907-07-26
)

Discipline
  
Men\'s artistic gymnastics

Died
  
March 6, 1986, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Olympic medals
  
Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men\'s pommel horse

Similar People
  
Heikki Savolainen, Romeo Neri, Georges Miez

István Pelle, old school gymnastics


István Pelle (July 26, 1907 – March 6, 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.

After World War II, he left Hungary, toured as an artist, and eventually settled in Argentina.

References

István Pelle Wikipedia