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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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
He competed at the 2016 Olympics, beating Florian Temengil to reach the quarter finals where he lost to Levan Berianidze.[2] In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]
In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[7] He also won one of the bronze medals in the 125 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[8][9] He competed in the 125 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Dániel Ligeti". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dániel Ligeti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. 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. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ↑ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ↑ Pavitt, Michael (30 March 2022). "Amine becomes first San Marino gold medallist at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ↑ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ↑ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
External links
- NBC Olympics Profile
- Dániel Ligeti at the International Wrestling Database
- Dániel Ligeti at Olympedia