Dániel Ligeti
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Nationality | Hungary | |||||||||||||||
Born |
Szombathely, Hungary | 31 July 1989|||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||
Style | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||
Club | Haladás VSE[1] | |||||||||||||||
Coach | István Gulyás[1] | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dániel Ligeti (born July 31, 1989 in Szombathely) is an amateur Hungarian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category.[1][2] He won the bronze medal for his division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, and silver at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4] Ligeti stands 1.92 metres (6 ft 3.5 in) tall and weighs 115 kilograms (254 lb). He is also currently a member of TuS Adelhausen in Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and is coached by Istvan Gulyas from the national wrestling team.[1]
Ligeti represented Hungary at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the 120 kg class in men's freestyle wrestling. He received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out to Belarus' Aleksey Shemarov, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Ligeti with a single point.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Dániel Ligeti". London 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "Dániel Ligeti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "Daniel Ligeti gewinnt Bronze bei Ringer-EM" [Wrestler Daniel Ligeti won a bronze medal at the European Championships] (in German). TuS Adelhausen. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "Golds for Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and Sweden". Tanjug RS. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "Men's 120kg Freestyle Round of 16 Final". London 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.