András Szoszky

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAndrás•Szoszky
Used nameAndrás•Szoszky
Born9 January 1887 in Békéscsaba, Békes (HUN)
Died24 October 1945 in Chicago, Illinois (USA)
AffiliationsTörekvés
NOC Hungary

Biography

András Szoszky started his competitive career in wrestling in 1910. In 1912, he took part in the Stockholm Olympics, where was he was eliminated after two rounds. In 1913, he won the gold medal at the unofficial European Championships. Szoszky was a multiple Budapest champion when he finally won the Hungarian title in 1921. In the same year he emigrated to America and Chicago, where he worked as a painter.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Wrestling HUN András Szoszky
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) AC r2/8