Richárd Weisz (also known as Richárd Vértesi; 30 April 1879 – 4 December 1945) was a Hungarian heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler.[3] He competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games and at the 1908 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in 1908.[1]
 Weisz in 1908 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 April 1879 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 December 1945 (aged 66) Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Club | MTK Budapest[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | János Weigand[2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Weisz was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish.[4][5][6] He trained in athletics and rowing before changing to wrestling. He won an unofficial national wrestling title in 1899 and seven consecutive official titles in 1903–1909. He also competed in weightlifting and won the national heavyweight championships in 1905–1908. He was banned by the Hungarian amateur wrestling federation for participating in a professional wrestling bout against Stanislaus Zbyszko and then performed in a circus. His amateur status was restored before the 1912 Olympics, but he declined to compete due to waning motivation.[2]
See also
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edit- ^ a b Richárd Weisz. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Polihisztor babérkoszorúval. nemzetisport.hu (14 November 2003)
- ^ "Richárd Weisz". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Siegman, Joseph (1 August 2020). Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9781496222121 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Richard Weisz". www.jewishsports.net.
- ^ "Jewish Post 19 January 1983 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
External links
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- dataOlympics profile
- Nemzetisport profile (in Hungarian)
- mek profile (in Hungarian)
- Richárd Weisz at the International Wrestling Database
- Richárd Weisz at Olympedia
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