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János Varga
amateur wrestler · coach · referee · military officer
- October 21, 1939 · Abony
- December 29, 2022 · Budapest
- 83 years
About János Varga
János Varga was an amateur wrestler from Hungary. Born in 1939, Varga died in 2022 at the age of 83 in Budapest.
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Full Biography
|János Varga (21 October 1939 – 29 December 2022) was a Hungarian wrestler and both an Olympic champion and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Olympics
Varga competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in the bantamweight class.
World championships
Varga won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1963 FILA Wrestling World Championships, and again a gold medal in 1970. He received a silver medal in 1967, and a bronze medal in 1971.
Varga received a silver medal in Freestyle wrestling at the 1961 FILA Wrestling World Championships and a bronze medal at the 1962 FILA Wrestling World Championships.
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Varga
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