István Kozma (wrestler)

This article is about the wrestler. For the association football player, see István Kozma (footballer).

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

István Kozma

Personal information
Born	(1939-11-27)27 November 1939 Budapest, Hungary
Died	9 April 1970(1970-04-09) (aged 30) Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	125–140 kg (276–309 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Greco-Roman
Club	Vasas Budapest
Medal record Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 97 kg 1968 Mexico City 97 kg World Championships 1961 Yokohama 87 kg 1962 Toledo 97 kg 1965 Tampere 97 kg 1966 Toledo 97 kg 1967 Bucharest 97 kg European Championships 1966 Essen 97 kg 1967 Minsk 97 kg 1968 Västerås 97 kg

István Kozma (27 November 1939 – 9 April 1970) was a Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won Olympic gold medals in 1964 and in 1968, and the World Championship in 1962, 1966, and 1967.^[1][2] In 1967 he was selected as the Hungarian Sportsman of the Year. Kozma died in a car accident, aged 30.^[3]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "István Kozma". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
2. "Kozma, Istvan (HUN)". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
3. "Olimpiai sportolóink – Kozma István". MOB.hu (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

External links

• István Kozma at the International Wrestling Database
• István Kozma at Olympedia (archive)
• István Kozma at Olympics.com
• István Kozma at Olympic.org (archived)
• István Kozma at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)

Awards
Preceded by András Balczó	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1967	Succeeded by Gyula Zsivótzky