Csaba Hegedűs (wrestler)
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Born | 6 September 1948 (1948-09-06) (age 75) Sárvár, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Vasas, Budapest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Csaba Hegedűs (born 6 September 1948) is a retired middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Hungary. In 1971, he won a world title and was named the Hungarian Sportsman of the year. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972. In 1973, he barely survived a traffic accident. He recovered by 1975, when he placed fourth at the world championships, and won European titles in 1976 and 1977.[1] Between 1979 and 1989 he coached the Hungarian wrestling team and later became a sports administrator, working at the national wrestling association, the Hungarian Olympic Committee, and the Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées (FILA).[2]
He served as President of the Hungarian Wrestling Association from 1992 to 2015. He was replaced by Szilárd Németh.
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Preceded by | Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1971 | Succeeded by |
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Preceded by ? | President of the Hungarian Wrestling Federation 1992–2015 | Succeeded by Szilárd Németh |
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- 1908 Frithiof Mårtensson (SWE)
- 1912 Claes Johanson (SWE)
- 1920 Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1924 Edvard Westerlund (FIN)
- 1928 Väinö Kokkinen (FIN)
- 1932 Väinö Kokkinen (FIN)
- 1936 Ivar Johansson (SWE)
- 1948 Axel Grönberg (SWE)
- 1952 Axel Grönberg (SWE)
- 1956 Givi Kartozia (URS)
- 1960 Dimitar Dobrev (BUL)
- 1964 Branislav Simić (YUG)
- 1968 Lothar Metz (GDR)
- 1972 Csaba Hegedűs (HUN)
- 1976 Momir Petković (YUG)
- 1980 Gennady Korban (URS)
- 1984 Ion Draica (ROM)
- 1988 Mikhail Mamiashvili (URS)
- 1992 Péter Farkas (HUN)
- 1996 Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2000 Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
- 2004 Aleksey Mishin (RUS)
- 2008 Andrea Minguzzi (ITA)
- 2012 Alan Khugaev (RUS)
- 2016 Davit Chakvetadze (RUS)
- 2020 Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)
- 1908: 73 kg
- 1912–1928: 75 kg
- 1932–1960: 79 kg
- 1964–1968: 87 kg
- 1972–1996: 82 kg
- 2000: 85 kg
- 2004–2012: 84 kg
- 2016: 85 kg
- 2020–present: 87 kg
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