Levente Füredy
Personal information
Full nameLevente Füredy
Nationality Hungary
Born (1978-01-12) 12 January 1978
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
StyleGreco-Roman
ClubVasutas SC
CoachFerenc Kiss
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Créteil 66 kg

Levente Füredy (born January 12, 1978, in Budapest) is a retired amateur Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's welterweight category.[1] He became a bronze medalist in the 66-kg division at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, which earned him a ticket to represent Hungary at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout his sporting career, Furedy trained under his personal coach and mentor Ferenc Kiss for Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club in Budapest.[2]

Furedy emerged into the international scene at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships in Créteil, France, where he picked up the bronze medal in the men's welterweight category, receiving him a ticket to be selected for the Hungarian Olympic team.[3][4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Furedy qualified for the Hungarian squad in the men's 60 kg class by placing third and receiving a berth from the World Championships.[2][5][6] He lost two straight matches each to Bulgaria's Nikolay Gergov (2–3) and South Korea's Kim In-Sub (1–6), who previously claimed a silver medal from Sydney four years earlier in the same weight category, finishing third in the preliminary pool, and fifteenth in the overall standings.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Levente Füredy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Füredy Creteil-ben lett óriásölő" [Füredy became a "winner" in Creteil] (in Hungarian). Népszava Online. 8 October 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Deák Bárdos ezüstérmes" [Deák Bárdos is the silver medalist] (in Hungarian). Kék Duna Rádió. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Füredi a kvóta mellé egy bronzot is szerzett" [Füredy claims the bronze and a quota] (in Hungarian). Magyar Hírlap. 8 October 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Abbott, Gary (18 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Füredy Levente elődöntős" [Levente Füredy is the semifinalist] (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 24 July 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 66kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Birkózás: Füredy Levente kiesett" [Wrestling: Levente Füredy fell] (in Hungarian). Magyar Nemzet Online. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2014.


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