Ferenc Nagy (27 October 1916 – 11 May 1977) was a
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who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...
.
He was born in
Cegléd
Cegléd (; ) is a city in Pest County, Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
Name
The name of the town is of disputed origin. The name may be derived from the word "szeglet" (meaning "corner") due to i ...
.
In 1936 he finished fourth in the
heavyweight class. After his win in the quarterfinals against
Olle Tandberg
Olof Peder "Olle" Tandberg (10 October 1918 – 26 December 1996) was a Swedish heavyweight boxer. He was the European amateur boxing champion between 1937 and 1939.
Biography
Tandberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 October 1918. He represe ...
he was neither able to fight in the semifinal bout to
Herbert Runge nor in the bronze medal bout to
Erling Nilsen.
He wasn't able to fight for the medal because he was locked in to the locker room and his trainer was ordered to throw in the towel. There was a clear political reason behind this and sadly the medal placement was already decided.
See reference Cegled Sport torteneti Muzem**.
External links
profile
* http://www.sportmuzeum.hu/?id1=sportgyujtemenyek&idcikk=680
1916 births
1977 deaths
Heavyweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Hungary
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male boxers
Sportspeople from Cegléd
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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