Gábor Hatos

Gábor Hatos (born October 3, 1983 in Eger ) is a Hungarian wrestler . He has won five medals in free style at world and European championships so far.

Career

Gábor Hatos started wrestling as a teenager in 1995 in his hometown. He belongs to the sports club Halades VS Eger and is trained by István Gulyas and István Veréb. He prefers the free style. The stocky, black-haired and only 1.68 meters tall athlete has the nickname "Pitbull" because of his uncompromising way of ringing. He started at the beginning of his career in lightweight and since 2004 in welterweight . His profession is z. Currently wrestler. That is why he has also started for the Swiss club RR Hergiswil , KSV Aalen and SV Untergriesbach . In the 2012/13 season he was now active for SV Wacker Burghausen . Since the 2013/14 season he has been wrestling for TUS Adelshausen. He is five times Hungarian welterweight champion (free style).

Gábor Hatos' international career began in 1998 when he took part in the World Junior Championships (Cadets) in Manchester . He started there in the weight class up to 69 kg and reached 14th place. In the following years he started in the junior division at another six international championships. He only won a medal at the 2003 Junior World Championships in Istanbul . He won it there in welterweight by a victory in the consolation round over Soslan Gattsijew from Belarus , after he had lost there after four wins in the semifinals against Misam Amini from Iran .

With the seniors he started in 2001 in Budapest for the first time at an international championship (European championship). He won there in the lightweight in his first fight over the British Nathanael Ackerman, but was defeated in his next fight by the experienced Irbek Walentinowitsch Farnijew from Russia , with which he was eliminated and finished in 14th place. In the following years he then took part regularly in the European and World Championships and he also started at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . However, he was denied good placements. Quite surprisingly, he then won a bronze welterweight medal at the 2006 European Championships in Moscow . On the way to this medal, he defeated Fahrettin Özata, Turkey and Salvatore Rinella , Italy , then lost to Ruslan Kokajew , Russia and finally defeated Anis Gharbi from France .

Then it was until 2010 before he won his next medal. He finished 3rd at the World Championships in Moscow that year . He defeated Butahan Demircin, Turkey, Alexander Motyl, Belarus and Kiril Tersiew , Bulgaria , lost to Denis Zargusch from Russia and won over Krystian Brzozowski from Poland . In 2011 and 2012, Gábor Hatos won two further medals at the European Championships in Dortmund and Belgrade , namely the bronze medals. In Dortmund he defeated Philipp Crepaz, Austria , lost to Denis Zargusch and won against Luca Lampis from Italy and Agil Gulijew from Azerbaijan. In Belgrade he took 3rd place behind Denis Zargusch and Dawit Chutishvili , Georgia and ahead of Alexander Gozijew, Azerbaijan and Oleg Bilozerkowski from Ukraine .

In 2012, Gábor Hatos qualified for the Olympic Games in London with a 2nd place at the tournament in Taiyuan / China . There he won victories over Zhang Chongyao from China and Abdulhakim Schapijew from Kazakhstan. After a defeat against Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi from Iran, he then had the chance to win a bronze medal in the consolation round by defeating Soslan Tigijew from Uzbekistan . He lost this fight but just on points and finished 5th. However, since the latter was subsequently disqualified for doping, he received the bronze medal.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1998	14th	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Manchester	up to 69 kg	Winner: Chasbulatow, Russia before Erdenetögs, Mongolia
1999	12.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Łódź	up to 69 kg	Winner: Kazbek Dagatajew, Russia ahead of Oleg Ilajew, Ukraine
2000	10.	Junior European Championship in Sofia	Light	Winner: Nicolai Paslar , Bulgaria ahead of Andriy Shyyka , Ukraine
2000	5.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Bratislava	up to 69 kg	Winner: Kourman Temresow, Russia, ahead of Oleg Belozerkowski, Ukraine
2001	14th	EM in Budapest	Light	after defeating Nathanael Ackerman, Great Britain and losing to Irbek Farniev, Russia
2001	18th	Junior World Championships in Tashkent	Light	after a defeat against Ashet Usupov, Russia and a victory over Sergei Shishkov, Moldova
2002	8th.	Junior European Championship in Tirana	Light	Winner: Andrei Stadnik, Ukraine ahead of Elnur Aslanow, Azerbaijan
2003	3.	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	Welter	after victories over Christophe Gerlac, France , Jal Baghwan, India , Dimitar Kasow, Bulgaria and Kaisar Boranbajew, Kazakhstan, a defeat against Misam Amini, Iran and a victory over Soslan Gattsijew, Belarus
2004	12.	EM in Ankara	Welter	after a loss to Nicolai Paslar and a victory over Elnur Aslanow
2004	16.	OS in Athens	Light	after a win over Stefan Fernyak, Slovakia and a defeat against Ömer Cubuku, Turkey
2005	12.	EM in Varna	Welter	after a loss to Dawid Papojan, Armenia
2005	3.	Grand Prix of Germany in Leipzig	Light	behind Albert Batirow , Belarus and Laszlo Szabolcs, Hungary
2005	23.	World Cup in Budapest	Light	after losing to Leonid Spiridonov , Kazakhstan
2006	3.	EM in Moscow	Welter	after victories over Fahrettin Özata, Turkey and Salvatore Rinella, Italy, a defeat against Ruslan Kokajew, Russia and a victory over Anis Gharbi, France
2006	1.	German Grand Prix in Leipzig	Welter	before Dominik Zeh, Germany, Alexander Motyl, Belarus and Abdulhakim Schapijew, Kazakhstan
2006	11.	World Cup in Guangzhou	Welter	after defeating Le Dy Hoi, Vietnam and losing to Murad Gaidarov , Belarus
2007	14th	EM in Sofia	Welter	after losing to Ibragim Aldatov , Ukraine
2007	12.	German Grand Prix in Leipzig	Welter	Winner: Andriy Shyykaa ahead of Iván Fundora Zaldívar , Kuba and Krystian Brzozowski
2007	7th	World Cup in Baku	Welter	after victories over Antans Azarevics, Latvia , Luca Lampis, France and Dordschwaantschigiin Gombodordsch , Mongolia and a defeat against Joseph Heskett, USA
2008	17th	EM in Tampere	Welter	after losing to Ahmet Gülhan, Turkey
2009	7th	EM in Vilnius	Welter	after victories over Jose Guiterrez Heredia, Spain and Kahaber Chubeschtu, Slovakia and a defeat against Gela Saghirashvili, Georgia
2009	25th	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Welter	after losing to Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi , Iran
2010	9.	EM in Baku	Welter	after a victory over Alexandru Burca, Moldova and a defeat against Gela Saghirashvili
2010	5.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Welter	Winner: Andriy Shyyka ahead of Anis Gharbi
2010	3.	World Cup in Moscow	Welter	after victories over Butahan Demircin, Turkey, Alexander Motyl and Kiril Tersiew, Bulgaria, a defeat against Denis Zargusch, Russia and a win over Krystian Brzozowski, Poland
2011	9.	World Cup in Makhachkala	Welter	Winner: Yunieski Blanco Mora, Cuba ahead of Muslim Dadajew, Russia
2011	3.	EM in Dortmund	Welter	after a victory over Philipp Crepaz, Austria, a defeat against Denis Zargusch and victories over Luca Lampis and Agil Gulijew, Azerbaijan
2011	1.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	medium	before Gheorghiță Ștefan , Romania, David Bichinaschwili , Germany and Ahmet Bilici, Turkey
2011	13.	Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial in Poznan	Welter	Winner: Batuhan Demircan ahead of Andriy Shyyka
2011	32.	World Cup in Istanbul	Welter	after a loss to Abdulhakim Shapiev
2012	3.	EM in Belgrade	Welter	behind Denis Zargusch and Dawit Chutishvili, ahead of Alexander Gozijew, Azerbaijan and Oleg Bilozerkowski
2012	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	Welter	behind Adam Saitijew , Russia and Kiril Tersiev
2012	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Taiyuan / China	Welter	behind Pürewdschawyn Önörbat , Mongolia, in front of Zhang Chongyao, China and Musa Murtasalijew, Armenia
2012	3.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	Welter	behind Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi and Ricardo Antonio Robertty Moreno, Venezuela
2012	3.	OS in London	Welter	after victories over Zhang Chongyao and Abdulhakim Schapijew and defeats against Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi and Soslan Tigijew, Uzbekistan (disqualified)

Legend:

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Lightweight, weight class up to 2001 up to 69 kg, since 2002 up to 66 kg, welter weight, up to 74 kg and middle weight, up to 84 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website
• Website of the Hungarian Wrestling Association

Web links

• Gábor Hatos in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )