Géza Tóth

Géza Tóth [ ˈɡeːzɒ ˈtoːt ] (born January 25, 1932 in Sorokpolány , † October 4, 2011 in Szombathely ) was a Hungarian weightlifter .

Career

Géza Tóth started lifting weights in 1952, when he was 20 years old, after playing soccer as a boy and a teenager. He practiced weightlifting in the association VSE Haladás Szombathely . His coach was Sándor Gere. In the mid-1950s, Tóth had reached the top Hungarian league and through hard training soon made contact with the world's best. In 1960 he finished fourth at the Olympic Games in Rome with 417.5 kg in the light heavyweight division and barely missed a medal. He then won an Olympic medal in Tokyo in 1964 . There he won the silver medal, again in the light heavyweight division (up to 82.5 kg body weight). His greatest sporting success was winning the world championship title in 1966 in Berlin in the middle heavyweight division (up to 90 kg body weight).

Géza Tóth, who was active until 1970, was a gymnastics and sports teacher.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Le = light heavyweight, Ms = middle heavyweight)

• 1957, 4th place , EM in Katowice , Wed, with 370.0 (115.0, 110.0, 145.0) kg; behind Mustafa Jagly-Ogly , USSR , 400.0 (115.0, 125.0, 160.0) kg, Marcel Paterni , France , 390.0 (127.5, 112.5, 150.0), Jan Bochenek , Poland , 380.0 (122.5, 107.5, 150.0) kg, and in front of Győző Veres , Hungary , 362.5 (112.5, 110.0, 140.0) kg;
• 1958, 9th place , WM + EM in Stockholm, Ls, with 377.5 kg, EM valuation: 7th place, winner: Trofim Lomakin with 440 kg, ahead of James George , 435 kg and Ireneusz Palinski , Poland, 432, 5 kg;
• 1959, 7th place , World Cup + EM in Warsaw , Ls, with 395 kg, EM valuation: 5th place, winner: Rudolf Plukfelder , USSR , 457.5 kg, ahead of Ireneusz Paliński , Poland , 432.5 kg;
• 1960, 4th place , OS in Rome, Ls, with 417.5 kg, behind Paliński, 442.5 kg, James George , USA , 430 kg and Jan Bochenek , Poland , 420 kg;
• 1960, 5th place , EM in Milan , Ls, with 405.0 kg, winner: Rudolf Plukfelder , 442.5 kg, ahead of Paliński, 425 kg and Marcel Paterni , France , 415 kg;
• 1961, 2nd place , WM + EM in Vienna , Ls, with 432.5 kg, behind Plukfelder, 450 kg and in front of Thomas Kono , USA, 430 kg;
• 1961, 1st place , Danube Cup in Munich , Ls, with 420 kg, in front of Václav Pšenička , ČSSR , 390 kg and Norbert Fehr , Germany , 372.5 kg;
• 1962, 3rd place , WM + EM in Budapest , Ls, with 442.5 kg, behind Győző Veres , Hungary , 460 kg and Thomas Kono, 455 kg, EM-valuation: 2nd place;
• 1963, 1st place , Danube Cup, Ls, with 452.5 kg, ahead of Pentschew, Bulgaria , 395 kg and Petrak, CSSR, 382.5 kg;
• 1963, 3rd place , WM + EM in Stockholm , Ls, with 450 kg, behind Veres, 477.5 kg and Plukfelder, 467.5 kg;
• 1964, 1st place , EM in Moscow , Ls, with 455 kg, ahead of Schichow, USSR, 445 kg and Marcel Paterni , France , 440 kg;
• 1964, silver medal , OS in Tokyo , Ls, with 467.5 kg, behind Plukfelder, 475 kg and in front of Veres, 467.5 kg;
• 1965, 1st place , Danube Cup in Budapest , Ls, with 437.5 (140.0, 132.5, 165) kg
• 1965, 3rd place , Grand Prix of Moscow , Ls, with 437.5 kg, behind Kidjajew, USSR, 465 kg and Wojciechowski, Poland, 445 kg;
• 1965, 4th place , EM in Sofia , Ls, with 435 kg, behind Kidjajew, 467.5 kg, Hans Zdražila , CSSR, 460 kg and Norbert Ozimek , Poland , 445 kg;
• 1965, 3rd place , World Championships in Tehran , Ms, with 462.5 kg, behind Louis Martin , England , 487.5 kg and Vladimir Golowanow , USSR, 480 kg;
• 1966, 1st place , Danube Cup in Vienna , Ms, with 465.0 (147.5, 140.0, 177.5) kg
• 1966, 1st place , WM + EM in Berlin , Ms, with 487.5 kg, ahead of Paliński, 477.5 kg and Marek Gołąb , Poland, 475 kg;
• 1967, 1st place , Danube Cup in Bratislava , Ms, with 460 (145.0, 137.5, 177.5) kg, ahead of Pentschew, Bulgaria, 445 kg and Orszag, CSSR, 437.5 kg,
• 1968, 1st place , Danube Cup in Donaueschingen , Ms, with 462.5 (145.0, 142.5, 175) kg in front of Pentschew, 457.5 kg and Willi Müller , Germany, 452.5 kg;
• 1969, 1st place , Danube Cup in Bucharest , Ms, with 460 (145.0, 140.0, 175.0) kg,
• 1969, 3rd place , WM + EM in Warsaw , Ms, with 495 kg, behind Kaarlo Kangasniemi , Finland , 515 kg and Bo Johansson , Sweden , 500 kg;
• 1970, 3rd place , World Championship in Columbus / USA , Ms, with 490 kg, behind Wassili Kolotow , USSR, 537.5 kg and Phil Grippaldi , USA, 490 kg
• 1970, 5th place , EM in Szombathely , Ms, with 500 (162.5, 147.5, 190.0) kg, behind Kangasniemi, 530 (177.5, 160.0, 192.5) kg, Wassili Kolotow , USSR, 527.5 (170.0, 157.5, 200.0 ) kg and Bo Johansson, 525 (177.5, 157.5, 190.0) kg; and Karl Arnold 505 kg.

World record

in the Olympic three-way battle:

• 487.5 kg, 1966 in Szombathely.

Web links

• Obituary (Hungarian)