Győző Veres

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Győző Veres [ ˈɟøːzøː ˈvɛrɛʃ ] (born June 13, 1936 in Berekböszörmény ; † February 1, 2011 in Melbourne , Victoria ) was a Hungarian weightlifter .

Life

Győző Veres from Tatabánya started lifting weights at the age of 18. After consistent development and hard training, the talented athlete achieved his first successes on a national level in 1956. He continued to develop until 1960 and won a medal for the first time at an international championship. Győző Veres was a very independent mind who did not accept everything that was demanded of him by the Hungarian coaches and officials. So he developed his own training system, with what was at the time revolutionary training six times a week. The result was that Veres was suspended several times in the course of his career by the Hungarian association and then had to start over and over again. These arguments probably cost him his Olympic victory in 1964 or 1968. At the forefront of weightlifting history is his gripping duel for the world title against the Soviet athlete Vladimir Belyayev in Berlin in 1966 . With the same performance, he only lost due to the slightly higher body weight. His greatest victory was without a doubt that of the 1963 World Cup in Stockholm over the great Rudolf Plukfelder from the USSR with a 10 kg lead in the Olympic three-way battle.

From 1974 Veres lived in Australia.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Wed = Middleweight, Ls = Light Heavyweight, Ms = Middle Heavyweight)

  • 1957: 5th place , EM in Katowice , Wed, with 362.5 (112.5, 110.0, 140.0), 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 , u. before Géza Tóth , Hungary , 370.0 (115.0, 110.0, 145.0) kg;
  • 1958: 6th place , World Cup + EM in Stockholm , Wed, with 375.0 kg, EM rating: 5th place; Winner: Thomas Kono , USA 430 kg, Fjodor Bogdanowski, USSR 422.5, Marcel Paterni, France, 395 kg; u. Ermanno Pignatti, Italy, 382.5
  • 1959: 4th place , World Cup + EM in Warsaw , Wed, with 390.0, EM valuation: 3rd place; Winner: Thomas Kono, USA, 425 kg, Fjodor Bogdanowski, USSR, 417.5 and Bochenek, 392.5 kg
  • 1960: 2nd place , EM in Milan , Wed, with 397.5 kg, behind Alexander Kurynow , USSR, 420 kg a. before Jan Bochenek , Poland , 385 kg;
  • 1960: Bronze medal , OS in Rome , Wed, with 405 kg, behind Kurynow, 437.5 kg a. Thomas Kono, USA, 427.5 kg;
  • 1961: 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Moscow , Wed, with 415 kg, behind Kurynow, 440 kg a. before Khomchenko, 405 kg;
  • 1961: 2nd place , WM + EM in Vienna , Wed, with 420 kg, behind Kurynow, 435 kg a. before Marcel Paterni, France, 405 kg;
  • 1962: 1st place , Danube Cup , Ls, with 450 kg, in front of Tiberiu Roman, Romania , 380 kg a. Petrak, ČSSR , 365 kg;
  • 1962: 1st place , WM + EM in Budapest , Ls, with 460 kg, in front of Kono, 455 kg a. Géza Tóth , Hungary , 442.5 kg;
  • 1963: 1st place , Danube Cup, Ms, with 472.5 kg, ahead of Peter Tatschew, Bulgaria, 435 kg a. Lazăr Baroga , Romania, 425 kg;
  • 1963: 1st place , WM + EM in Stockholm , Ls, with 477.5 kg, ahead of Rudolf Plukfelder , USSR, 467.5 kg a. Géza Tóth, 450 kg;
  • 1964: Bronze medal , OS in Tokyo , Ls, with 467.5 kg, behind Pluk fields, 475 kg and Géza Tóth, 467.5 kg;
  • 1966: 2nd place , WM + EM in Berlin , Ls, with 485 kg, behind Wladimir Beljajew , USSR, 485 kg a. in front of Hans Zdražila , ČSSR, 465 kg;
  • 1968: 4th place , OS in Mexico City , Ls, with 472.5 kg, behind Boris Selizki , USSR, 485 kg, Belyayev, 485 kg a. Norbert Ozimek , Poland, 472.5 kg;
  • 1972: 2nd place , Danube Cup in Budapest, Ms, with 472.5 kg, behind Andon Nikolow, Bulgaria, 500 kg a. in front of Ország, ČSSR, 472.5 kg.

World records

in pressing:

  • 143 kg: 1961 in Budapest , Wed,
  • 146 kg: 1961 in Budapest, Wed,
  • 155.5 kg: 1962 in Budapest, Ls,
  • 157.5 kg: 1962 in Budapest, Ls,
  • 160 kg: 1963 in Budapest, Ls,
  • 160.5 kg: 1966 in Szombathely , Ls.

in pushing:

  • 180.5 kg: 1962 in Budapest, Ls,
  • 184.5 kg: 1963 in Budapest, Ls,
  • 185 kg: 1963 in Stockholm , Ls,
  • 187 kg: 1963 in Szombathely, Ls,
  • 190 kg: 1966 in Berlin , Ls.

in the Olympic three-way battle:

  • 465 kg: 1962 in Budapest, Ls,
  • 470 kg. 1963 in Szombathely, Ls,
  • 477.5 kg: 1963 in Budapest, Ls,
  • 485 kg: 1966 in Berlin, Ls.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-02-01-2326768164_x.htm
personal data
SURNAME Veres, Győző
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Berekböszörmény
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 2011
Place of death Melbourne , Victoria