León Genuth Hejt (5 August 1931 – 10 March 2022) was an Argentine

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

. He competed in the men's freestyle middleweight at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

. At the 1950 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he won the middleweight wrestling gold medal. He won the gold medal in middleweight wrestling again, at the 1953 Maccabiah Games.

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* 1931 births 2022 deaths Argentine male sport wrestlers Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Argentina Maccabiah Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 1950 Maccabiah Games Competitors at the 1953 Maccabiah Games Olympic wrestlers for Argentina Sportspeople from Paraná, Entre Ríos Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1951 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine sportsmen 21st-century Argentine sportsmen Jewish sport wrestlers {{Argentina-wrestling-bio-stub