László Papp

Hungarian boxer (1926–2003)

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Born

25 March 1926, Budapest

Died

16 October 2003, Budapest

Citizenship

Hungary

Sport

boxing

Occupation

boxer, boxing trainer, athlete

Height

165 cm (5 ft 5 in)

Recorded fight record

27 wins, 0 losses

László Papp (25 March 1926 – 16 October 2003) 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.

Competitions

Awards and honours

• Silver Olympic Order 1982
• Honorary citizen of Budapest 2001
• International Boxing Hall of Fame 2001

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q296473 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.