István Pelle

István Pelle
Born(1907-07-26)26 July 1907
Budapest, Hungary
Died6 March 1986(1986-03-06) (aged 78)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Hungary
ClubBTC, Budapest
Medal record
Olympic Games
1932 Los Angeles Pommel horse
1932 Los Angeles Floor exercise
1932 Los Angeles Parallel bars
1932 Los Angeles All-around, individual
World Championships
1930 Luxembourg Horizontal bar
1931 Paris Parallel bars

István Pelle (26 July 1907 – 6 March 1986) was a Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion.

He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received gold medals in floor exercises and pommel horse, and silver medals in parallel bars and individual all-around. He also competed at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, finishing 18th in the all-around competition. He was also quite successful at various World Championship competition during this time - at the 1930 Worlds, he won individual gold on the horizontal bar apparatus, and at the 1931 Worlds, he won individual gold on the parallel bars apparatus.

After World War II, he left Hungary, toured as an artist, and eventually settled in Argentina.

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