György Gurics

The native form of this personal name is Gurics György. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

György Gurics

Personal information
Native name	Gurics György
Born	27 January 1929 Dunapentele, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	10 September 2013(2013-09-10) (aged 84)
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Middleweight World Championships 1961 Yokohama 87 kg 1955 Karlsruhe 79 kg 1958 Budapest 87 kg 1963 Helsingborg 87 kg

György Gurics (27 January 1929 – 10 September 2013)^[1] was a Hungarian wrestler. He was born in Dunapentele in Fejér County. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling from 1952. He won a gold medal in Greco-Roman Wrestling at the 1961 World Wrestling Championships.^[2] He was named Hungarian Sportsman of The Year in 1961.

References

1. "Meghalt Gurics György" (in Hungarian). birkoszov.hu. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "György Gurics". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2012.

External links

• György Gurics at the International Wrestling Database
• György Gurics at Olympics.com
• György Gurics at Olympedia
• György Gurics at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)

Awards
Preceded by Rudolf Kárpáti	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1961	Succeeded by Imre Polyák