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István Majoros
Medal record
Representing   Hungary
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 55 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Budapest 55 kg

István Majoros (born 11 July 1974) is a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Career

Majoros competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class. [1] For this achievement he was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the Year.

Majoros received a bronze medal at the 2005 FILA Wrestling World Championships.

On December 31 (New Year's Eve), 2006, Majoros made his mixed martial arts debut against Norifumi Yamamoto at K-1 Dynamite in Osaka, Japan and lost via TKO in the 1st round. It was his only MMA bout.

Mixed martial arts career

István Majoros
Born (1974-07-11) July 11, 1974 (age 49)
Budapest, Hungary
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight266 lb (121 kg)
Division Featherweight
Style Greco-Roman Wrestling
Fighting out of Kecskemét, Hungary
TeamHungarian Top Team (MMA)
Univer Kecskemet TE (Wrestlig)
TrainerSándor Bárdosi (MMA)
Tibor Tihanics (Wrestlig)
Years active2005 ( MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total1
Wins0
Losses1
By knockout1
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0-1 Japan Norifumi Yamamoto TKO (punches) K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!! December 31, 2006 1 3:46 Osaka, Japan

References

  1. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Wrestling" Archived 2007-08-28 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on August 28, 2008)

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Awards
Preceded by Hungarian Sportsman of The Year
2004
Succeeded by