Gyula Török

Gyula Török
	Török (center) at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	24 January 1938; Kispest, Hungary
Died	12 January 2014 (aged 75); Budapest, Hungary
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre; Tatabányai Bányász Sport Club
Medal record
Representing Hungary
Olympic Games
European Championships

Gyula Török (24 January 1938 – 12 January 2014) was an amateur Hungarian boxer. Competing in the flyweight division, he won the national title in 1957–58, a silver medal at the 1959 European Championships, and a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics. He subsequently moved to bantamweight and won three more national titles, in 1961, 1962 and 1964. He lost to Italy's Primo Zamparini in a quarter-final of the 1961 European Championships, and to Russia's Oleg Grigoryev in his first bout at the 1964 Olympics. Török retired from competitions in 1966 and for 40 years worked at the Kispest Granite Factory. He simultaneously coached boxers at Építők SC in 1976–78 and at Csepel SC in 1978–81. In the 1990 he also worked for the national boxing team and the Hungarian Boxing Federation.^[1] Török was Jewish.^[2]