Tibor Csík

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The native form of this personal name is Csík Tibor. This article uses the Western name order.
Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Gold 1948 London Bantamweight

Tibor Csík (September 2, 1927June 22, 1976) was a bantamweight professional boxer from Hungary, who won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Csik had an easy route to the semi-finals, as his first opponent was disqualified, and his quarter final opponent Jimmy Carruthers of Australia, was forced to withdraw due to an eye injury.

In the final, Csik won a decision over Giovanni Zuddas of Italy, to win the gold medal.

He was born in Jászberény and died in Sydney, Australia.

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