István Pelle (26 July 1907 – 6 March 1986) – olympic-medallists.com (Retrieved on March 31, 2008) 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."1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 30, 2008) 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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