Record details

Julius Torma

Middleweight

Male, Amateur
(Július Torma)
Czechoslovakia, Praha
Born: 7 March 1922, Budapest, Hungary
Died: 23 October 1991, Praha, Czechoslovakia

(Born in Hungary, to ethnic Hungarian, he has been granted citizenship of Czechoslovakia)

1947 Dublin, Ireland, European Championships middleweight bronze medal
1948 London, England, Olympic Games welterweight gold medal
1949 Oslo, Norway, European Championships welterweight gold medal
1952 Helsinki, Finland, Olympic Games welterweight quarter-finals
1955 West Berlin, West Germany, European Championships light-heavyweight bronze medal
1956 Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games middleweight

Amateur Results


1946
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 8	Laszlo Papp (HUN)	Pozsony, Czechoslovakia	WPTS
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, Dual Match Soviet Union vs Czechoslovakia, 67 kg
= Sept. 28	Sergey Shcherbakov	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	Draw

1947
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Warsaw, Poland, Dual Match Poland vs Czechoslovakia, 73 kg
- Feb. 2	Antoni Kolczynski (POL)	Warsaw, Poland	LPTS
Dublin, Ireland, European Championships bronze medal, 72.600 kg
+ May 12	Julian Bilbao	Dublin, Ireland	WPTS
+ May 14	Laszlo Papp (HUN)	Dublin, Ireland	WPTS
- May 15	Aime-Joseph Escudie (FRA)	Dublin, Ireland	LPTS
+ May 17	Jan Schubart (NED)	Dublin, Ireland	WPTS
Prague and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, Dual Match Czechoslovakia vs Poland, 73 kg
+ Nov. 18	Szymankiewicz	Prague, Czechoslovakia	WPTS
+ Nov. 21	Henryk Nowara (POL)	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	WDQ 3

1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
London, England, Olympic Games gold medal, 66.700 kg
+ Aug. 7	Gusztav Bene (HUN)	London, England	WPTS
+ Aug. 10	Clifford Blackburn (CAN)	London, England	WKO 2
+ Aug. 11	Aurelio Diaz (ARG)	London, England	WDQ 2
+ Aug. 12	Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA)	London, England	WPTS
+ Aug. 13	Horace Herring (USA)	London, England	WPTS 3

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Oslko, Norway, European Championships gold medal, 66,700 kg
+ June 14	Jozsef Marton (HUN)	Oslo, Norway	WTKO 1
+ June 15	Remigio Bollana (ITA)	Oslo, Norway	WDQ 3
+ June 16	Guy Toupe (FRA)	Oslo, Norway	WPTS
+ June 17	Victor Joergensen	Oslo, Norway	WKO 2


1950-1951 No activity recorded

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Helsinki, Finland, Olympic Games quarter-finals, 67 kg
+ July 29	Johnny Maloney	Helsinki, Finland	WPTS 2:1
+ July 30	Louis Gage	Helsinki, Finland	WPTS 2:1
- July 31	Zygmunt Chychla (POL)	Helsinki, Finland	LPTS 2:1


1953-1954 No activity recorded

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
West Berlin, West Germany, European Championships bronze medal, 81 kg
+ May 27	Paddy Lyons	West Berlin, West Germany	WPTS
+ May 31	Lennart Risberg (SWE)	West Berlin, West Germany	WPTS
- June 3	Erich Schoppner (GER)	West Berlin, West Germany	LPTS

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games quarter-finals, 75 kg
+ Nov. 26	Howard Richter (AUS)	Melbourne, Australia	WPTS
- Nov. 29	Ramon Tapia (CHI)	Melbourne, Australia	LKO 2