Ferenc Tóth

Ferenc Tóth got acquainted with wrestling in his early 20s in the colors of Szegedi VSE. He was soon selected into the national team, but traveling caused great difficulty for him. He was forced to move to Budapest in 1935 and work as a maintenance worker, and at that time he also changed clubs from SZVSE to Újpest.

His career reached its first peak between 1932 and 1937 when he won thirteen national championship titles both in Greco-Roman and freestyle. He became a stable member of the national team, won the European Championships in featherweight in 1933 and 1937 (both in freestyle), and won three silver medals and two bronze medals at the continental competitions. In 1936 he was able to compete in the Olympics for the first time in Berlin, where he finished fifth in the freestyle.

His career was interrupted by World War II and he next competed at the 1948 London Games at the age of 39. He achieved his greatest success of his career by winning a bronze medal in the featherweight in Greco-Roman and finishing fourth in the freestyle. Between 1931 and 1948 he won a total of twenty Hungarian championships. After his retirement in 1952, he worked as a coach and the caretaker of the Újpest.