István Pelle

István Pelle (26 July 1907 – 6 March 1986)^[3] was a Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion.

István Pelle
Country represented	Hungary
Born	(1907-07-26)26 July 1907 Budapest, Hungary
Died	6 March 1986(1986-03-06) (aged 78) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Club	BTC, Budapest
Medal record Olympic Games 1932 Los Angeles Pommel horse 1932 Los Angeles Floor exercise 1932 Los Angeles Parallel bars 1932 Los Angeles All-around, individual World Championships 1930 Luxembourg Horizontal bar[1] 1931 Paris Parallel bars[2]

He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received gold medals in floor exercises and pommel horse, and silver medals in parallel bars and individual all-around.^[4] He also competed at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, finishing 18th in the all-around competition.^[5] He was also quite successful at various World Championship competition during this time - at the 1930 Worlds, he won individual gold on the horizontal bar apparatus, and at the 1931 Worlds, he won individual gold on the parallel bars apparatus.

After World War II, he left Hungary, toured as an artist, and eventually settled in Argentina.^[6]