Imre Hódos

Imre Hódos (born January 10, 1928 in Hajdúnánás , † April 24, 1989 in Debrecen ) was a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Helsinki in 1952 .

Career

Imre Hodos grew up in Debrecen and began in 1946 with "Debreceni Vasutas Sports Club" (DVSC) to the rings . In 1953 he moved to the large club “Vörös Lobogo” Budapest , to which he belonged until he retired in 1962. Imre wrestled exclusively in the Greco-Roman style, joined the Hungarian national team in 1950 and received excellent training from the Hungarian national coaches Lajos Keresztes and Mihály Matura .

In 1951 he took second place behind the top Soviet wrestler Artem Terjan at the World Youth Festival in Berlin (East) and attracted attention for the first time on the international wrestling mat.

At the Olympic Games in Helsinki he played his first international bantamweight championship and won the gold medal with four wins , although he was defeated again on points against Artem Terjan. He was also defeated by his feared opponent Artem Terjan at the 1953 World Cup in Naples and was runner-up behind this world champion.

He was unable to take part in the 1955 World Cup in Karlsruhe due to an injury. But he was back at the Olympic Games in Melbourne . There he got four victories. In his fifth fight he was defeated by the Soviet athlete Konstantin Vyrupajew by just a few points and had to be satisfied with 4th place.

In the 1958 World Cup at home in Budapest had Imre pronounced pitch as he in his second fight against Soviet athlete Oleg Karavayev injured and had to retire. 1960 Imre took part in Rome for the third time in the Olympic Games. The now 32-year-old athlete only won one fight there and only came in 11th.

In 1962, Imre Hódos ended his wrestling career and then worked for many years as a coach at "MAV" Debrecen.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Ba = bantam weight, back then up to 57 kg body weight)

• 1951, 2nd place , World Youth Festival in Berlin (east), GR, Ba, behind Artjom Terjan , USSR and in front of Francisc Horvath , Romania ;
• 1952, gold medal , OS in Helsinki , GR, Ba, with victories over Zakaria Chihab , Lebanon , Reidar Maerli, Norway , Arvo Kyllänen, Finland and Mahmoud Hassan Aly, Egypt and despite a defeat against Artjom Terjan ;
• 1953, 2nd place , World Youth Festival in Bucharest , GR, Ba, behind Vladimir Staschkewitsch , USSR and in front of Francisc Horvath;
• 1953, 2nd place , World Championship in Naples , GR, Ba, with victories over Paul Hänni, Switzerland , Stanko Sneberger, Yugoslavia , Matti Rantala, Finland and Giovanni Cocco, Italy and one defeat by Artem Terjan;
• 1956, 4th place , OS in Melbourne , GR, Ba, with victories over Reijo Nykänen, Finland, Harold Townly, USA , Adolfo Diaz, Argentina and Fred Kämmerer , Germany and one defeat against Konstantin Wyrupajew , USSR;
• 1958, unplaced , World Championship in Budapest , GR, Ba, after a victory over Ion Cernea , Romania and a defeat against Oleg Karawajew , USSR, retired due to injury;
• 1960, 11th place , OS in Rome , GR, Ba, after a win over Laurens Alflen, Netherlands , a draw against Ion Cernea and Gilberto Gramellini, Italy and a defeat against Bernard Knitter , Poland

Hungarian championships

Imre Hódos was Hungarian champion in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957 and 1960 in the bantamweight, Greco-Roman style.

swell

• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976
• various issues of the specialist magazine " Athletik " from 1950 to 1960

Web links

• Profile of Imre Hódos at the Institute for Applied Training Science