János Varga
Hungarian wrestler (1939–2022)
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| Born | (1939-10-21)21 October 1939 Abony, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 December 2022(2022-12-29) (aged 83) Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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János Varga (21 October 1939 – 29 December 2022) was a Hungarian wrestler and both an Olympic champion and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1][2]
Olympics
Varga competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in the bantamweight class.[3]
World championships
Varga won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1963 FILA Wrestling World Championships, and again a gold medal in 1970. He received a silver medal in 1967, and a bronze medal in 1971.
Varga received a silver medal in Freestyle wrestling at the 1961 FILA Wrestling World Championships and a bronze medal at the 1962 FILA Wrestling World Championships.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "János Varga Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság – Olimpikonjaink (in Hungarian)
- ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Wrestling" Archived 29 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 29 August 2008)
External links
- János Varga at the International Wrestling Database
- János Varga at Olympedia
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- 1924
Eduard Pütsep (EST) - 1928
Kurt Leucht (GER) - 1932 Jakob Brendel (GER)
- 1936
Márton Lőrincz (HUN) - 1948
Kurt Pettersén (SWE) - 1952
Imre Hódos (HUN) - 1956
Konstantin Vyrupayev (URS) - 1960 Oleg Karavayev (URS)
- 1964
Masamitsu Ichiguchi (JPN) - 1968
János Varga (HUN) - 1972 Rustam Kazakov (URS)
- 1976
Pertti Ukkola (FIN) - 1980 Shamil Serikov (URS)
- 1984
Pasquale Passarelli (FRG) - 1988 András Sike (HUN)
- 1992
An Han-bong (KOR) - 1996
Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) - 2000
Armen Nazaryan (BUL) - 2004 István Majoros (HUN)
- 2008
Nazyr Mankiev (RUS) - 2012
Hamid Sourian (IRI) - 2016
Ismael Borrero (CUB) - 2020 Luis Orta (CUB)
- 1924–1928: 58 kg
- 1932–1936: 56 kg
- 1948–1996: 57 kg
- 2000: 58 kg
- 2004–2012: 55 kg
- 2016: 59 kg
- 2020–present: 60 kg
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