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Highlights Pentathlon legend, Balczo Andras wins his 3rd Gold and another silver! Weightlifter Foldi Imre wins 3 Golds! Dr. Fenyvesi Csaba wins 2 more Golds! Kulcsar Gyozo wins his 4th Gold and a Bronze! Hesz Mihaly wins Gold again - this time in a different event! Swimmer Andrea Gyarmati, daughter of Waterpolo Legend and Swimming Gold Medalist sets new world record in 100m Butterfly and takes Silver! Men's Soccer Team Hungary takes Silver! Gold Medalists: Hesz Mihaly, Modern Pentathlon/Ottusa 2nd Gold Balczo Andras (1938-), Modern Pentathlon/Ottusa 5th Gold Dr. Fenyvesi Csaba (1943-), Fencing, 2nd Gold Foldi Imre (1938-), Weightlifting/súlyemelés, férfi lökés 56kg harmatsúly Foldi Imre (1938-), Weightlifting/súlyemelés, férfi összetett 56kg harmatsúly Foldi Imre (1938-), Weightlifting/súlyemelés, férfi nyomás 56kg harmatsúly Gedo Gyorgy (1949-), Boxing/okolvivas 1st Gold - the only boxer who participated in 4 Olympics (1968 - 1980) Hegedus Csaba (1948-), Wrestling/Kotottfogasu birkozas 82 kg, 1st Gold Men's Team Hungary - Fencing/Parbajtorvivas: 12th Gold Erdos Sandor (1947-), Dr. Fenyvesi Csaba (1943-), 3rd Gold Kulcsar Gyozo (1940-), 4th Gold Osztrics Istvan (1949-), 1st Gold Schmitt Pal (1942-), 2nd Gold See all 1972 medalists (in Hungarian)

Featured Olympian, Foldi Imre: (b. 5/8/1938, Hungary, d. ) First Hungarian Olympic Weightlifting Champion! Foldi competed in a record 5 Olympics and medalled in three, finally taking Gold in 1972, and Silver 1964 and 1968. He started his career in the Hungarian championships in 1957 and won Silver. In 1959 in the world and European championships he took bronze. Though he lifted the same weight as Iranian Muhammad Nassiri, he lost the Gold in '68 because he was 300 grams heavier than  his competitor. He got his revenge the following Olympics taking the Gold and winning handily over the very same Nassiri. In the 13 World Championships in which he competed, he would go on to win an incredible 16 Gold, 16 Silver, and 7 Bronze medals. He was also 13 - time individual Hungarian champion.   Click for larger images

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