Attila Mizsér

Attila Mizsér (born April 28, 1961 in Budapest ) is a former modern pentathlete who won an Olympic gold medal and five world titles.

Mizsér won his first international medal at the 1982 World Cup when he finished second with Attila Császári and Pajor Gábor behind the Russian team. In 1983 he was not part of the Hungarian team at the World Cup and in 1984 Hungary boycotted the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. At the 1985 World Championships in Melbourne, together with Jószef Demeter and László Fábián, he again came second in the team standings behind the Soviet team, in the individual standings Mizsér won the title in Melbourne in front of two athletes from the Soviet team. In 1986 he won silver behind the Italians with Lajos Dobi and László Fábián, then in 1987 János Martinek , László Fábián and Attila Mizsér won the world championship.

At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Martinek won the individual ranking, Mizsér came fourth and Fábián came seventh; In the team standings, the Hungarians surely won ahead of the Italians and the British. The 1989 World Cup took place in Budapest and in front of a home crowd the Hungarians achieved an almost optimal result with four out of five possible medals: In the individual standings, Fábián won ahead of Mizsér, together with Martinek they won the team competition and Martinek and Mizsér were victorious in the first season together with Attila Kálnoki Kis . In 1990 the Soviet squadron won ahead of Fábián, Kálnoki Kis and Mizsér; this silver medal remained the only medal for the Hungarian pentathletes at the World Championships in Lahti. In 1991 Ádám Madaras , Fábián and Mizsér received the bronze medal in the team competition, in the relay Mizsér was not there when Madaras, Fábián and Kálnoki Kis won. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​Attila Mizsér received silver in the individual standings behind the Pole Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek , the Hungarian team took fifth place. After the individual title in 1985, the team titles in 1987 and 1989 and the season title in 1989, Mizsér won his fifth and last world title in 1993 in the season together with Fábián and Kálnoki Kis.

Web links

• Attila Mizsér in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Individual World Championships
• World championships team competition
• World Championships relay