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László Papp

Hungarian boxer (1926–2003)

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Also known as Laszlo Papp

Born: March 25, 1926
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-27
2.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
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Died: October 16, 2003
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-27
2.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
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Birthplace: Budapest
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-13
2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
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Place of death: Budapest
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-31
2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
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Citizenship: Hungary
Occupation: boxer
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1.Stated in BoxRecRetrieved 2022-04-22
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, boxing trainer
, athlete
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Height: 165 cm
Languages spoken, written or signed: Hungarian
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László Papp was a Hungarian professional boxer from Budapest. He was left-handed and won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. In his final Olympic competition he became the first boxer in Olympic history to win three successive gold medals. He won 12 of his 13 Olympic fights without losing a round, dropping only one, in his last Olympic final, to American boxer José Torres. There was not another triple gold medalist for 20 years, when Cuba's Teófilo Stevenson won three, followed by another Cuban Félix Savón as the third of the three men to accomplish the feat.

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Family name: Papp
Given name: László
Participant in: 1956 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – middleweight awards: Olympic gold medal
Sport: boxing
Website: papplaszlo.hu
Place of burial: Farkasréti Cemetery burial plot reference: 22-1-83/84
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-12
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Awards: honorary citizen of Budapest(2001)
International Boxing Hall of Fame(2001)
Silver Olympic Order(1982)
Country for sport: Hungary
Different from: László Papp criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items
Number of matches played/races/starts: 29
Number of wins: 27 quantity: 15
Number of losses: 0

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