Dávid Losonczi (born 1 July 2000)[1] is a Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 87 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[2]
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| Born | 1 July 2000 Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb; 13.7 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 87 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wrestling career
editLosonczi competed in the 2021 World Wrestling Championships for athletes under 23 years of age. He won the silver medal in the men's Greco-Roman 87 kg event after losing to Aleksandr Komarov in the finals.[3]
He represented Hungary at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, again competing in the 87 kg class. He reached the semi-final stage, in which he lost to Zurab Datunashvili,[4] and subsequently won the bronze match against Alex Bjurberg Kessidis.[5][6]
He won the silver medal at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, losing 8-7 to his Turkish rival Ali Cengiz in the men's Greco-Roman style 87 kilo final match. On 15 November 2023, the United World Wrestling recognized that a serious refereeing mistake had been committed which changed the outcome of this bout. Therefore, the UWW declared both wrestlers as the winners of the contest and award a gold medal to Dávid Losonczi.[7] Dávid Losonczi defeated Kyrgyz Azat Salidinov 8-0 with a technical superiority in the second round, Azerbaijan's Islam Abbasov 8-0 with a technical superiority in the third round, and in the quarter-finals he defeated Belarusian Kiril Maskevic 6-1, who participated as an independent individual athlete, to reach the semi-finals. In the semi-final, he defeated Semen Novikov of Bulgaria with 10-0 technical superiority and reached the final.[8]
He represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[9] He lost his bronze medal match in the 87 kg event at the Olympics.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "David LOSONCZI". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "U23 World Championships, Greco-Roman, U23, 87 kg" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (10 September 2022). "Host athletes shine at World Wrestling Championships in Serbia". Inside the Games. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "World Championships Results: Weight Category (Results GR 87)". World Wrestling Championships. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Losonczi awarded share of 87kg world title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "87kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "SULEYMANOV Sanan". Olympics.com.
External links
edit- David Losonczi at the International Wrestling Database
- David Losonczi at Olympics.com
