István Énekes (20 February 1911 – 2 January 1940) was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Background

In 1932 he won the gold medal in the Flyweight class after winning the final against Francisco Cabañas of Mexico. He won twice the gold medal at the 1930 European Amateur Boxing Championships and ánÉ1934 European Amateur Boxing Championships, both in Budapest, respectively in the flyweight and bantamweight classes. He was born in and died in Budapest.

István Énekes

István was the elder brother of Vilmos Énekes.

István Énekes

Olympic record

Below is the complete Olympic boxing record for István Énekes, who competed for Hungary in the flyweight division of the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles:

István Énekes

Round of 16: defeated Gaston Fayaud of France by decision

Quarterfinal: defeated Edelweis Rodriguez of Italy by decision

Semifinal: defeated Louis Salica of the United States by decision

Final: defeated Francisco Cabañas of Mexico by decision (won gold medal)

References

István Énekes at databaseOlympics.com

1911 births

1940 suicides

1940 deaths

Flyweight boxers

Olympic boxers for Hungary

Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for Hungary

Martial artists from Budapest

Olympic medalists in boxing

Hungarian male boxers

Suicides in Hungary

Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics

20th-century Hungarian people