Gyula Bóbis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gyula Bóbis

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1909

Place of Birth: Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1972

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Gyula Bóbis (7 October 1909 – 24 January 1972) was a Hungarian heavyweight wrestler.
He competed at the 1936 Olympics in the Greco-Roman and at the 1948 Olympics in the freestyle division and won a gold medal in 1948.
He also won a silver medal at the 1950 World Championships and bronze medals at the 1937 and 1939 European championships.Bóbis was born in a family of eight siblings and later had five children himself, including the Olympic fencer Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis.
He worked for Hungarian railways and was an avid singer.
While being a large and brave man he had a fear of mice.