Ödön Zombori
Odon Zombori ( born September 16, 1906 in Szenta, † November 29, 1989 in Budapest) was a Hungarian wrestler.
Career
Odon Zombori began as a teenager in Budapest with the rings. He came from a family in which several members dedicated themselves to the struggle. So his brother Gyula was an outstanding wrestler and Vice European Champion 1930 in Greco-Roman style in the welterweight division. Odon belonged to the Magyar Atlétikai Club (MAC) Budapest.
At the international wrestling mat Odon first appeared in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. He came Bantamweight, Greco-Roman style, three point victories, but then resigned from after a defeat against Giovanni Gozzi from Italy and took a good 5th place. At the European Championship 1929 in Dortmund, he came in Greco- Roman style two point victories and retired again after a defeat, this time against Svend Martinsen from Norway, due to attainment of 5 error points.
In 1930 he competed at the European Championships in Stockholm in Greco-Roman featherweight and won his first medal. After two victories, he failed this time at the famous Kustaa Pihlajamäki from Finland. At the European Championships 1931 in Prague Odon reached only the ungrateful 4th place at featherweight in Greco- Roman style. But he took in the same year for the first time at the European Championships at home in Budapest in free style and won there in superior style the European title.
With high hopes Odon therefore went to the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Although he disappointed in the Greco-Roman style, as he was eliminated after two losses, but won in free style bantamweight silver medal. In the final he defeated while the outstanding Robert E. Pearce from the USA. At the European Championships in 1933 in Helsinki Odon finally won a title in Greco- Roman style. He won the bantamweight despite one defeat against Herman Tuvesson from Sweden. The second title in the free style of the same year in Paris bantamweight made 1933 one of the most successful years of his career.
1934 Odon in Rome Vice European champion bantamweight, Greco-Roman style, after another defeat by Hermann Tuvesson. In 1935, he retired at the European Championships in Greco -Roman style in Copenhagen featherweight after defeats in the first two rounds without winning a medal from. For the European Championship in free style he could not qualify, because he had lost at the Hungarian championship against Ferenc Tóth featherweight.
After the poor showing at the European Championships in 1935 was by him at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, for which he had once abtrainiert in the bantamweight, not expecting too much, especially since he was already 32 years old. Odon taught his critics but better, because he was with five wins, including four shoulder wins and one defeat against Hermann Tuvesson against which he could not win, thanks to his victory over the Americans Ross Flood, who in turn had defeated Tuvesson and thanks to his four victories shoulder, Olympic champion.
After these Olympics Odon Zombori ended his wrestler 's career. He survived the war in Budapest and emigrated in 1948 shortly before the rise of the communists in Hungary to the United States, where he lived for over forty years and is buried in Glendale.
The results of the international championships in which Odon Zombori participated are to be seen in the following section.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, European Championship EM =, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = Freestyle, Ba = bantamweight, featherweight = Fe, then to 56 kg or 61 kg body weight)
Hungarian Championships
The Hungarian Championship won Odon Zombori 1928 and 1931 bantamweight and featherweight in 1935, each Greco- Roman style.
Swell
- Documentation of International Wrestling Championships FILA, 1976
- Div outputting the journal " Athletics " from the years 1929 to 1936