Ödön Zombori

Ödön Sombori Berlin (Olympic Champion, 1936) at the announcement of the results, holding the gift with oak sapling

The native form of this personal name is Zombori Ödön. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Ödön Zombori

Medal record
Representing Hungary
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	Bantamweight
	1932 Los Angeles	Bantamweight

Ödön Zombori, originally Ödön Janicsek (22 September 1906 in Szenta - 29 November 1989 in Budapest) was a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.

Olympics

Zombori competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the bantamweight class. He received a silver medal in 1932. During the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California Zombori was invited to attend a number of events as he and his wife Anna lived in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles at the time. As his health began to deteriorate he wished to return to Hungary and lived for some time at a home in Hungary for retired Olympic and Sports champions. He died in 1989 due to complications from Alzheimer's disease.

External links

• Ödön Zombori at the International Wrestling Database
• Ödön Zombori at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
• Ödön Zombori at Olympedia