Imre Polyák

Imre Polyák (born April 16, 1932 in Kecskemét ; † November 15, 2010 ) was a Hungarian wrestler . He was three times world champion and 1964 Olympic featherweight champion. In September 2003 he was one of the first to be inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame for his services to wrestling .

Imre Polyák died in 2010 at the age of 78 and was buried in St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest .

successes

• 1952, silver , OS in Helsinki , GR, Fg, behind Jakow Punkin , USSR and in front of Abdel Rashed , Egypt and Umberto Trippa , Italy
• 1955, 1st place , World Championships in Karlsruhe , GR, Fg, ahead of Müzahir Sille , Turkey and Gunnar Håkansson , Sweden
• 1956, silver , OS in Melbourne , GR, Fg, behind Rauno Mäkinen , Finland and in front of Roman Dsneladze , USSR and Müzahir Sille
• 1957, 2nd place in the III. International Sports Festival in Moscow, GR, Ba, behind Yelugin, USSR ;
• 1958, 1st place , World Championship in Budapest , GR, Fg, ahead of Müzahir Sille, Vladimir Staschkewitsch , USSR and Pertti Ahokas, Finland
• 1960, silver , OS in Rome , GR, Fg, behind Müzahir Sille and in front of Konstantin Wyrupajew , USSR and Umberto Trippa
• 1961, 2nd place , World Cup in Yokohama , GR, Fg, behind Awtandil Koridse , USSR and in front of Branislav Martinović , Yugoslavia , Benjamin Northrup , USA and Rıza Doğan , Turkey
• 1962, 1st place , World Championships in Toledo , GR, Fg, ahead of Wyrupajew and Rıza Doğan
• 1963, 2nd place , World Championships in Helsingborg , GR, Fg, behind Gennady Sapunow , USSR and in front of Iwan Iwanow , Bulgaria
• 1964, Gold , OS in Tokyo , GR, Fg, before Roman Rurua , USSR and Branislav Martinović

Web links

• Profile of Imre Polyák at the Institute for Applied Training Science (English)
• Imre Polyák in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brent Jones: Olympic wrestling champion Imre Polyak dies. In: usatoday.com. USA Today , 2010, accessed July 25, 2018 . 
2. ^ Gary Abbott: Smith and Baumgartner among 10 wrestling heroes named as charter members of FILA International Wrest. (No longer available online.) In: content.themat.com. December 1, 2003, archived from the original on July 25, 2018 ; accessed on July 25, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  
3. ↑ Klaus Nerger: The grave of Imre Polyák. In: knerger.de. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .