Árpád knight

Árpád Ritter (born June 12, 1975 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian wrestler . He was vice- world champion in 2005 in middleweight and European champion in 2002 and 2003 in welterweight, each in free style.

Career

Árpád Ritter grew up in Budapest and began wrestling there as a teenager in 1984. He became a member of Csepel SC and trained there by Istvan Gulyas. As a junior he was still active in both styles, Greco-Roman style and free style. As a senior he only competed in free style. As an adult he wrestled for a long time at a height of 1.78 meters in the welterweight division and only switched to the middleweight division in 2005.

He was already very successful as a junior and started at the age of 15 in 1990 for the first time in an international championship, the Junior World Championship in Szombathely . He wrestled in the age group of the "Cadets", which went up to the age of 16. He was also immediately successful, because with a 3rd place in the weight class up to 60 kg body weight, he won a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman style . In the same championship he also started in free style, but had to be satisfied with the ungrateful 4th place.

A year later, in 1991, he won the World Championship title in the Cadets Junior World Championship in Alma ( Canada ) in the Greco-Roman style in the weight class up to 70 kg and became vice world champion in the same weight class for free style.

In the next two junior age groups (Juniors, up to the age of 18 and Espoirs, up to the age of 20), Árpád Ritter was no longer so successful. He did not win any more medals in these classes. His best results were a 4th place at the Junior World Championship of Juniors 1992 in Cali , Colombia , welterweight and a 4th place at the Junior World Championship of Espoirs 1995 in Tehran , where he again finished 4th in the welterweight division. It won in its weight class Buwaisar Saitijew from Russia ahead of the South Korean Moon Eui-jae , who later also achieved many successes with the seniors.

Árpád Ritter made his senior debut at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . He came there in the welterweight division with one win and two losses in 13th place. His defeat against Magomed Salam Gadschiew from Azerbaijan was there with 2: 3 techn. Points very close. In the further course of his career he initially achieved different performances among the seniors. Weaker results at the international championships contrasted with good ones. So he occupied z. B. at the 1997 World Championships in Krasnoyarsk in the welterweight category only 27th place, but came in an excellent 4th place at the 1998 European Championships in Bratislava . He even managed the feat of defeating Adam Saitijew from Russia on points in a preliminary round match. Because of the peculiar rules in force at the time, however, he had to compete again against Adam Saitijew in the fight for 3rd place and lost on points.

At the European Championships in Budapest in 2000, Árpád Ritter came in 5th place with two wins and one loss against Adem Bereket from Turkey . At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , he played two fights, both of which he lost. He lost against both Gurami Michedlidze from Georgia and again against Adem Bereket and only came in 18th.

In 2001 he managed to win the first medal in the senior welterweight division with a 3rd place at the European Championships in Budapest. Buwaisar Saitijew from Russia, against whom he lost in this championship, denied him an even better place. At the 2001 World Championships in Sofia he was also able to convince, even though he just missed the medal ranks because of a defeat against Moon Eui-jae and “only” came in 5th place.

Árpád Ritter made his breakthrough at the 2002 European Championships in Baku . With five wins he became European welterweight champion there. On the way to this success he also beat the German ex-world champion Alexander Leipold with a 3-2 technical point. He suffered a setback at this year's World Cup in Tehran , because after losing two fights against Murad Gaidarow from Belarus and Daniel Gonzalez Aguillera from Cuba , he ended up in 25th place.

In 2003 Árpád Ritter succeeded in winning again at the European Championships in Riga . He succeeded there in the revenge against Murad Gaidarow and in the final battle he managed another narrow victory over Alexander Leipold (3: 2 technical points). At the 2003 World Cup in New York he lost after three victorious fights against Gennady Lalijew from Kazakhstan and finished in 7th place.

In 2004 he took part in the Olympic Games for the third time, and for the third time he failed. He lost in Athens against Buwaisar Saitijew and against Emanzios Bentinidis from Greece and therefore only came in 16th place.

At the European Championships in 2005 in Varna Árpád Ritter started middleweight for the first time, but lost in his second fight against David Bichinashvili from Germany and finished in 7th place. For the 2005 World Cup, which took place in his hometown Budapest, he trained again in the welterweight division. A measure that paid off, because with four victories he finally won a World Cup medal. It was the silver one, because in the final battle he lost again to Buwaisar Saitijew, the dominant welterweight of those years.

In the last years of his international career, he won another bronze medal at the 2007 European Championships in Sofia , which he won with a victory over Sergei Borchenko from Belarus .

Árpád Ritter failed to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . However, he failed at the second qualifying tournament in Warsaw with a 3rd place in the middleweight division. A 2nd place would have been enough for the Olympic qualification. At the end of 2008, Árpád Ritter ended his international wrestling career.

Árpád Ritter has also been a household name in Germany for many years , as he has already played for KSV Witten 07 and TuS Adelhausen . In the 2009/10 season he started for SV Germania Weingarten .

International success

year	space	competition	style	Weight class
1990	3.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Szombathely	GR	up to 60 kg	behind Ljubal Colas Ortiz, Kuba u. Tamas Berzizca , Hungary
1990	4th	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Szombathely	F.	up to 60 kg	behind Igor Kupejew, USSR , Engelbert, Manczak, Hungary a. Saeed Mohammadi, Iran
1991	1.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Alma, Canada	GR	up to 70 kg	before Radoslav Povilojc, Poland a . Justin Bird, USA
1991	2.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Alma, Canada	F.	up to 70 kg	behind Osman Dschurtabaev, USSR, in front of Matt Suter, USA
1992	4th	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Cali , Colombia	F.	Welter	behind Stanislaw Albegerow, Russia , Güney Kasaoglu, Turkey a . Sewi Aldimow, Bulgaria
1992	8th.	Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Székesfehérvár	F.	Welter	Winner: Alan Msokow, Russia ahead of Laurentiu Ciuca, Romania
1993	5.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Götzis / Austria	F.	Welter	behind Gaidar Gaidarow , Russia, Vedat Kartal, Turkey, Oleg Boikow, Ukraine u. Artak Galstjan, Armenia
1995	4th	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Tehran	F.	Welter	behind Buwaisar Saitijew , Russia, Moon Eui-jae , South Korea u. Abolfazl Zeinalnia , Iran
1996	3.	Grand Prix of Germany in Leipzig	F.	Welter	behind Turan Ceylan u. Nuri Zengin, bde. Turkey, before Alberto Robriguez, Cuba, Jeff Catrabone, USA a. Magomed Kuruglijew , Uzbekistan
1996	13.	OS in Atlanta	F.	Welter	after a defeat against Igor Kosir , Belarus , a victory over Felipe Guzman , Mexico a . a loss to Magomed Salam Gajiev , Azerbaijan
1997	6th	EM in Warsaw	F.	Welter	with victories over Viktor Dominguez, Spain a . Valeri Werkuschin, Macedonia , a defeat against Alexander Leipold , Germany, a victory over Alan Msokow, Ukraine a . Losses against Kamil Kocaoglu , Turkey a. Miroslaw Gotschew , Bulgaria
1997	22nd	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	F.	Welter	with a victory over Nurbek Isabekow, Kyrgyzstan u. Defeats against Buwaisar Saitijew a. Miroslaw Gotschew
1998	2.	"Dan Kolow" tournament in Sofia	F.	Welter	behind Miroslaw Gotschew, Bulgaria, in front of Alexei Kaschiew, Russia
1998	3.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	F.	Welter	behind Nuri Zengin, Turkey a. Shamil Aliev, Russia
1998	4th	EM in Bratislava	F.	Welter	with victories over Viktor Dominguez a. Adam Saitijew , Russia, a defeat against Araik Geworgjan , Armenia , a victory over Miroslaw Gotschew u. a loss to Adam Saitijew
1998	3.	German Grand Prix in Leipzig	F.	Welter	with victories over Felix Polianidis, Greece , Henning Jonack, Germany a. Mehrneush Shahrokhi, Iran a. a loss to Alexander Leipold
1998	10.	World Cup in Tehran	F.	Welter	with victories over Akber Ismailow, Azerbaijan a . Stephen E. Marianetti, USA, et al. Defeats against Alexander Leipold u. Gurami Michedlidze , Georgia
1999	8th.	EM in Minsk	F.	Welter	with a defeat against Radion Kertanti , Slovakia a . a victory over Revas Mindorashvili , Georgia
1999	10.	World Cup in Ankara	F.	Welter	with victories over Reinold Ozolins, Australia a . Massoud Jamshidi, Iran a. a loss to Adam Saitijew
2000	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Minsk	F.	Welter	behind Gennadi Lalijew , Kazakhstan u. Ruslan Kinchagow , Uzbekistan
2000	12.	Olympic qualification tournament in Leipzig	F.	Welter	Winner: Nasir Gadschichanow , Macedonia ahead of Gennadi Lalijew u. Ruslan Kinchagov
2000	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Tokyo	F.	Welter	in front of Radion Kertanti u. Kunihiko Obata, Japan
2000	5.	EM in Budapest	F.	Welter	with victories over Felix Polianidis, Greece a. Igor Kosir, Belarus a. a loss to Adem Bereket , Turkey
2000	18th	OS in Sydney	F.	Welter	after defeats against Gurami Michedlidze u. Adem Bereket
2001	3.	EM in Budapest	F.	Welter	with victories over Ibrahim Zengin, Turkey, Janis Leisavnieks, Latvia a . Radion Kertanti, a defeat against Buwaisar Saitijew a. a victory over Elkhad Alachwerdijew , Azerbaijan
2001	2.	German Grand Prix in Leipzig	F.	medium	behind Tamás Kiss , Hungary, in front of Serhat Balcı , Turkey a. Andre Backhaus , Germany
2001	5.	World Cup in Sofia	F.	Welter	with victories over Almazbek Ergeschow, Kyrgyzstan a. Gennadi Lalijew u. a loss to Moon Eui-jae , South Korea
2002	1.	EM in Baku	F.	Welter	with victories over Nathaniel Leedon Ackermann, Great Britain , Peter Kasabow, Bulgaria, Alexander Leipold , Magomed Isagaschiew, Russia a. Murad Gaidarov , Belarus
2002	25th	World Cup in Tehran	F.	Welter	after defeats against Murad Gaidarow a. Daniel Gonzalez Aguillera , Cuba
2003	1.	EM in Riga	F.	Welter	with victories over Eugen Preda, Romania, Gela Sagiraschwili, Georgia, Iwan Todorow, Bulgaria, Murad Gaidarow u. Alexander Leipold
2003	7th	World Cup in New York	F.	Welter	with victories over Carlos Dominguez Fernandez, Spain, Janis Leisavnieks u. Elnur Aslanow, Azerbaijan a. a loss to Gennady Laliyev
2004	16.	OS in Athens	F.	Welter	after defeats against Buwaisar Saitijew a. Emzarios Bentinidis , Greece
2005	1.	Poland Cup in Brzeg Dolny	F.	medium	before Radoslav Horbik, Poland, Sergei Kirilow, Russia a. Radoslav Siezak, Poland
2005	1.	Intern. Tournament in Milan	F.	medium	in front of Travis Cross , Canada , Antony Junior Fasugba, Italy a . Thomas Bucheli , Switzerland
2005	7th	EM in Varna	F.	medium	with a victory over Peter Kasabow u. a loss to David Bichinashvili , Germany
2005	2.	World Cup in Budapest	F.	Welter	with victories over Carlos Dominguez Fernandez, Alexander Burca, Romania, Talant Jekschenow, Kyrgyzstan a. Joe E. Williams , USA a. a loss to Buwaisar Saitijew
2006	12.	EM in Moscow	F.	medium	after a loss to Vadim Laliev , Armenia
2006	25th	World Cup in Guangzhou	F.	medium	after losing to Serhat Balcı, Turkey
2007	1.	Swiss Grand Prix in Martigny	F.	medium	before Sergei Borchanko , Belarus, Thomas Bucheli , Switzerland a. Yusup Absusalamow , Tajikistan
2007	1.	Trophe Milone in Rome	F.	medium	before István Veréb , Hungary a. Hamid Yarikgalvani, Iran
2007	3.	EM in Sofia	F.	medium	after a defeat against Georgi Ketojew , Russia a. Victories over Cantero Jackson Vaillant, Spain a. Sergei Borchanko, Belarus
2007	18th	World Cup in Baku	F.	medium	with a victory over Adrian Recoreanu, Romania a. a loss to Joe E. Williams
2008	17th	EM in Tampere	F.	medium	after defeats against Georgi Ketojew a. Vadim Laliev
2008	10.	Olympic qualification tournament in Martigny / Switzerland	F.	medium	Winner: Naurus Temresow , Azerbaijan ahead of Tschagnaadordschiin Gandsorig , Mongolia
2008	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Warsaw	F.	medium	behind Taras Danko , Ukraine u. Gennady Laliev

Note: OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = Freestyle, GR = Greco-Roman style, welterweight, up to 1996 up to 74 kg, from 1997 to 2001 up to 76 kg, since 2002 up to 74 kg body weight, Middle weight, since 2002 up to 84 kg body weight

swell

• Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• US Wrestling Association website
• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Website "www.guresdosyasi.com"

Web links

• Profile of Árpád Ritter at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Árpád Ritter in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )