Lajos Keresztes (30 April 1900 – 9 August 1978) was a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1][2]
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| Born | 30 April 1900 Ocna Mureș, Romania | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 August 1978 (aged 78) Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olympics
editKeresztes competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris where he won a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the lightweight class.[3] He won a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Lajos Keresztes Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ "Lajos Keresztes". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Wrestling" Archived 20 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved 2 September 2008)
- ^ "1928 Summer Olympics – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Wrestling" Archived 20 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved 2 September 2008)
External links
edit- Lajos Keresztes at the International Wrestling Database
- Lajos Keresztes at Olympedia
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