Ödön Zombori
{{Short description|Hungarian wrestler (1906–1989)}}
{{Eastern name order|Zombori Ödön}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name=Ödön Zombori
|image=Zombori Ödön.jpg
|caption=Zombori (Olympic Champion, 1936) at the announcement of the results, holding the gift with oak sapling
|birth_date= {{birth date|1906|9|16}}
|birth_place= Szenta, Austro-Hungarian Empire
|death_date= {{death date and age|1989|11|29|1906|9|16}}
|death_place= Budapest, Hungary
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}}
{{MedalCountry | {{HUN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1936 Berlin |Bantamweight}}
{{MedalSilver| 1932 Los Angeles |Bantamweight}}
|show-medals=yes
}}
Ödön Zombori, originally Ödön Janicsek (16 September 1906 – 29 November 1989) was a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling.
Olympics
Zombori competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the bantamweight class.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=11&sp=WRE "1936 Summer Olympics – Berlin, Germany – Wrestling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221085343/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=11&sp=WRE |date=2007-02-21 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 13 September 2008) He received a silver medal in 1932. During the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California Zombori was invited to attend a number of events as he and his wife Anna lived in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles at the time. As his health began to deteriorate he wished to return to Hungary and lived for some time at a home in Hungary for retired Olympic and Sports champions. He died in 1989 due to complications from Alzheimer's disease.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Sports links}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions freestyle wrestling bantamweight}}
{{European Champions freestyle wrestling bantamweight}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zombori, Odon}}
Category:Olympic wrestlers for Hungary
Category:Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Category:Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Hungarian male sport wrestlers
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
Category:Olympic medalists in wrestling
Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Somogy County
Category:20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
{{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub}}
{{Hungary-wrestling-bio-stub}}