Ödön Zombori

The native form of this personal name is Zombori Ödön. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Ödön Zombori
Zombori (Olympic Champion, 1936) at the announcement of the results, holding the gift with oak sapling
Personal information
Born(1906-09-22)September 22, 1906
Szenta, Austro-Hungarian Empire
DiedNovember 29, 1989(1989-11-29) (aged 83)
Budapest, Hungary
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin Bantamweight
Silver medal – second place 1932 Los Angeles Bantamweight

Ödön Zombori, originally Ödön Janicsek (22 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.[1] 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

  1. ^ "1936 Summer Olympics – Berlin, Germany – Wrestling" Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 13 September 2008)


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