Ödön Zombori

Hungarian wrestler (1906–1989)

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
Died| November 29, 1989(1989-11-29) (aged 83)
Budapest, Hungary

Medal record

Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
|  1936 Berlin | Bantamweight
|  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

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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

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

## External links

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* Ödön Zombori at the International Wrestling Database
* Ödön Zombori at Olympedia
* Ödön Zombori at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)

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Olympic Champions in freestyle bantamweight

* 1904:  Isidor Niflot (USA)
* 1908:  George Mehnert (USA)
* 1924:  Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
* 1928:  Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN)
* 1932:  Robert Pearce (USA)
* 1936:  Ödön Zombori (HUN)
* 1948:  Nasuh Akar (TUR)
* 1952:  Shohachi Ishii (JPN)
* 1956:  Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR)
* 1960:  Terrence McCann (USA)
* 1964:  Yojiro Uetake (JPN)
* 1968:  Yojiro Uetake (JPN)
* 1972:  Hideaki Yanagida (JPN)
* 1976:  Vladimir Yumin (URS)
* 1980:  Sergei Beloglazov (URS)
* 1984:  Hideaki Tomiyama (JPN)
* 1988:  Sergei Beloglazov (URS)
* 1992:  Alejandro Puerto (CUB)
* 1996:  Kendall Cross (USA)
* 2000:  Alireza Dabir (IRI)
* 2004:  Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
* 2008:  Henry Cejudo (USA)
* 2012:  Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS)
* 2016:  Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)
* 2020:  Zaur Uguev (ROC)
* 2024:  Rei Higuchi (JPN)

* 1904: 56.70 kg
* 1908: 54 kg
* 1924–1936: 56 kg
* 1948–1996: 57 kg
* 2000: 58 kg
* 2004–2012: 55 kg
* 2016–present: 57 kg

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European Champions in freestyle bantamweight (57 kg)

* 1929:  Piet Mollin (BEL)
* 1930:  Piet Mollin (BEL)
* 1931:  Ödön Zombori (HUN)
* 1933:  Ödön Zombori (HUN)
* 1934:  Márton Lőrincz (HUN)
* 1935:  Marcello Nizzola (ITA)
* 1937:  Jakob Brendel (GER)
* 1946:  Lajos Bencze (HUN)
* 1949:  Nasuh Akar (TUR)
* 1966:  Aydin Ibrahimov (URS)
* 1967:  Hasan Sevinç (TUR)
* 1968:  Ali Aliyev (URS)
* 1969:  Yancho Patrikov (BUL)
* 1970:  Ivan Shavov (BUL)
* 1972:  Ivan Kuleshov (URS)
* 1973:  Kirkor Leonov (BUL)
* 1974:  Pano Shelev (BUL)
* 1975:  Vladimir Yumin (URS)
* 1976:  Vladimir Yumin (URS)
* 1977:  Oleg Alekseyev (URS)
* 1978:  Buzay İbragimov (URS)
* 1979:  Sergey Beloglazov (URS)
* 1980:  Gurgen Bagdasaryan (URS)
* 1981:  Stefan Ivanov (BUL)
* 1982:  Sergey Beloglazov (URS)
* 1983:  Stefan Ivanov (BUL)
* 1984:  Sergey Beloglazov (URS)
* 1985:  Stefan Ivanov (BUL)
* 1986:  Georgi Kalchev (BUL)
* 1987:  Sergey Beloglazov (URS)
* 1988:  Sergey Beloglazov (URS)
* 1989:  Ahmet Ak (TUR)
* 1990:  Rumen Pavlov (BUL)
* 1991:  Bagavdin Umakhanov (URS)
* 1992:  Bagavdin Umakhanov (CIS)
* 1993:  Remzi Musaoğlu (TUR)
* 1994:  Anushavan Sahakyan (ARM)
* 1995:  Aslanbek Fidarov (UKR)
* 1996:  Serafim Barzakov (BUL)
* 1997:  David Pogosian (GEO)
* 1998:  David Pogosian (GEO)
* 1999:  Harun Doğan (TUR)
* 2000:  Murad Ramazanov (RUS)
* 2001:  Zsolt Bankuti (HUN)
* 2002:  Nazim Alidjanov (AZE)
* 2003:  Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
* 2004:  Martin Berberyan (ARM)
* 2005:  Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)
* 2006:  Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)
* 2007:  Besik Kudukhov (RUS)
* 2008:  Djamal Otarsultanov (RUS)
* 2009:  Nariman Israpilov (RUS)
* 2010:  Mahmud Magomedov (AZE)
* 2011:  Djamal Otarsultanov (RUS)
* 2012:  Djamal Otarsultanov (RUS)
* 2013:  Giorgi Edisherashvili (GEO)
* 2014:  Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)
* 2015:  Viktor Lebedev (RUS)
* 2016:  Gadzhimurad Rashidov (RUS)
* 2017:  Giorgi Edisherashvili (AZE)
* 2018:  Giorgi Edisherashvili (AZE)
* 2019:  Süleyman Atlı (TUR)
* 2020:  Azamat Tuskaev (RUS)
* 2021:  Süleyman Atlı (TUR)
* 2022:  Vladimir Egorov (MKD)
* 2023:  Aliabbas Rzazade (AZE)
* 2024:  Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)

* 56 kg: 1929–1937
* 57 kg: 1946–1996
* 58 kg: 1997–2001
* 55 kg: 2002–2013
* 57 kg: 2014–present

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