Győző Veres
Hungarian weightlifter (1936–2011)
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Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1936-06-13)13 June 1936 Berekböszörmény, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 February 2011(2011-02-01) (aged 74) Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
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Győző Veres (13 June 1936 – 1 February 2011) was a Hungarian weightlifter. He was born in Berekböszörmény in Hajdú-Bihar County. He was Olympic bronze medalist in weightlifting in 1960 and 1964.[1] He was named Hungarian Sportsman of the Year in 1963.
References
- ^ "Győző Veres". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
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Preceded by | Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1963 | Succeeded by |
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Light heavyweight
- 1920:
Josef Straßberger (GER)
- 1922:
Roger François (FRA)
- 1923:
Jaroslav Skobla (TCH)
- 1937:
Fritz Haller (AUT)
- 1938:
John Davis (USA)
- 1946:
Grigory Novak (URS)
- 1947:
John Terpak (USA)
- 1949:
Stanley Stanczyk (USA)
- 1950:
Stanley Stanczyk (USA)
- 1951:
Stanley Stanczyk (USA)
- 1953:
Arkady Vorobyov (URS)
- 1954:
Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1955:
Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1957:
Trofim Lomakin (URS)
- 1958:
Trofim Lomakin (URS)
- 1959:
Rudolf Plyukfelder (URS)
- 1961:
Rudolf Plyukfelder (URS)
- 1962:
Győző Veres (HUN)
- 1963:
Győző Veres (HUN)
- 1964:
Rudolf Plyukfelder (URS)
- 1965:
Norbert Ozimek (POL)
- 1966:
Vladimir Belyaev (URS)
- 1968:
Boris Selitsky (URS)
- 1969:
Masushi Ouchi (JPN)
- 1970:
Gennady Ivanchenko (URS)
- 1971:
Boris Pavlov (URS)
- 1972:
Leif Jenssen (NOR)
- 1973:
Vladimir Ryzhenkov (URS)
- 1974:
Trendafil Stoychev (BUL)
- 1975:
Valery Shary (URS)
- 1976:
Valery Shary (URS)
- 1977:
Gennady Bessonov (URS)
- 1978:
Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1979:
Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1980:
Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1981:
Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1982:
Asen Zlatev (BUL)
- 1983:
Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1984:
Petre Becheru (ROU)
- 1985:
Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1986:
Asen Zlatev (BUL)
- 1987:
László Barsi (HUN)
- 1989:
Kiril Kounev (BUL)
- 1990:
Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew (URS)
- 1991:
Ibragim Samadov (URS)
- 1993:
Pyrros Dimas (GRE)
- 1994:
Marc Huster (GER)
- 1995:
Pyrros Dimas (GRE)
- 1997:
Andrzej Cofalik (POL)
- 1998:
Pyrros Dimas (GRE)
- 1999:
Shahin Nassirinia (IRI)
- 2001:
Giorgi Asanidze (GEO)
- 2002:
Zlatan Vanev (BUL)
- 2003:
Valeriu Calancea (ROU)
- 2005:
Ilya Ilyin (KAZ)
- 2006:
Andrei Rybakou (BLR)
- 2007:
Andrei Rybakou (BLR)
- 2009:
Lu Yong (CHN)
- 2010:
Adrian Zieliński (POL)
- 2011:
Kianoush Rostami (IRI)
- 2013:
Apti Aukhadov (RUS)
- 2014:
Kianoush Rostami (IRI)
- 2015:
Artem Okulov (RUS)
- 2017:
Arley Méndez (CHI)
- 2018:
Artem Okulov (RUS)
- 2019:
Hakob Mkrtchyan (ARM)
- 2021:
Yu Dong-ju (KOR)
- 2022:
Keydomar Vallenilla (VEN)
- 2023:
Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI)
- 82.5 kg (1920–1991)
- 83 kg (1993–1997)
- 85 kg (1998–2017)
- 89 kg (2018–)
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