Gyula Bóbis

Gyula Bóbis

Personal information
Born	7 October 1909 Kecskemét, Hungary[1]
Died	24 January 1972 (aged 62) Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Club	BVSC, Budapest Budapesti Lokomotív
Medal record Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1948 London Freestyle, +87 kg World Championships 1950 Stockholm Greco-Roman, +87 kg European Championships 1937 Munich Freestyle, +87 kg 1939 Oslo Greco-Roman, +87 kg

Gyula Bóbis (7 October 1909 – 24 January 1972) was a Hungarian heavyweight wrestler. He competed at the 1936 Olympics in the Greco-Roman and at the 1948 Olympics in the freestyle division and won a gold medal in 1948. He also won a silver medal at the 1950 World Championships and bronze medals at the 1937 and 1939 European championships.^[2]

Bóbis was born in a family of eight siblings and later had five children himself,^[3] including the Olympic fencer Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis.^[1] He worked for Hungarian railways and was an avid singer. While being a large and brave man he had a fear of mice.^[3]

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