Istvan Pelle

Istvan Pelle
Istvan Pelle
Country represented	Hungary
Born	26 July 1907 ; Budapest , Hungary
Died	6 March 1986 (aged 78) ; Buenos Aires , Argentina
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Club	BTC, Budapest
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championships

Istvan Pelle (26 July 1907 – 6 March 1986) ^[3] 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 . ^[4] He also competed at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics , finishing 18th in the all-around competition. ^[5] 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.

After World War II , he left Hungary, toured as an artist, and eventually settled in Argentina. ^[6]

References [ edit ]

^ Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). "125th Anniversary - The story goes on..." (PDF) . FIG. p. 64.
^ Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF) . Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 84 . Retrieved 2024-05-10 .
^ "Hungary" Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine – olympic-medallists.com (Retrieved on March 31, 2008)
^ "1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 30, 2008)
^ Organizing Committee for the 11th Berlin Olympiad. "The XIth Olympic Games Berlin, 1936 Official Report (Volume II)" . p. 861 . Retrieved 2 May 2023 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link )
^ "Istvan Pelle" . Archived from the original on September 24, 2013 . Retrieved July 23, 2013 .