János Varga
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| Born | 21 October 1939 | |||||||||||||
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János Varga (born October 21, 1939) is a Hungarian wrestler and both Olympic champion and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1]
Olympics[]
Varga competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class.[2]
World championships[]
Varga won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1963 FILA Wrestling World Championships, and again a gold medal in 1970. He received a silver medal in 1967, and a bronze medal in 1971.
He received a silver medal in Freestyle wrestling at the 1961 FILA Wrestling World Championships, and a bronze medal at the 1962 FILA Wrestling World Championships.
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "János Varga Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on August 29, 2008)
External links[]
- János Varga at United World Wrestling
- János Varga at Olympedia
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- 1939 births
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- Olympic wrestlers of Hungary
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- Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
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