Gyula Török

Gyula Török

Török (center) at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	24 January 1938 Kispest, Hungary
Died	12 January 2014 (aged 75) Budapest, Hungary
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Tatabányai Bányász Sport Club
Medal record Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1960 Rome -51 kg European Championships 1959 Lucerne -51 kg

Gyula Török (24 January 1938 – 12 January 2014) was an amateur Hungarian boxer. Competing in the flyweight division he won the national title in 1957–58, a silver medal at the 1959 European Championships, and a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics. After that he moved to bantamweight and won three more national titles in 1961, 1962 and 1964. He lost to Primo Zamparini in a quarter-final of the 1961 European Championships, and to Oleg Grigoryev in his first bout at the 1964 Olympics. Török retired from competitions in 1966 and for 40 years worked at the Kispest Granite Factory. In parallel he coached boxers at Építők SC in 1976–78 and at Csepel SC in 1978–81. In the 1990 he also worked for the national boxing team and the Hungarian Boxing Federation.^[1]

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