Imre Csősz

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Imre Attila Csősz (born May 31, 1969 in Debrecen ) is a former Hungarian judoka . He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1992 and was European champion in 1995.

Career

Imre Csősz won the Hungarian cadet championship in the highest weight class in 1984 and 1985 . In 1987 and 1989 he was the Hungarian U21 heavyweight champion, the weight class over 95 kilograms. In 1990 he reached the finals at the World Cup in Paris and took second place behind the Japanese Hideyuki Sekine . At the European Championships in 1990, he finished seventh. In March 1991 he won his first World Cup tournament in Prague. At the World Championships in Barcelona in 1991 , he entered the open class and reached the semifinals. There he was defeated by Dawit Chachaleishvili , who was competing for the Soviet Union , then Csősz won the battle for a bronze medal against the German Jörg Brümmer . The 1.97 m tall Imre Csősz was the Hungarian champion in 1989 and 1990, but lost to Gábor Csoma in 1991 . From 1992 to 1999 he won eight heavyweight championship titles in a row.

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona he defeated Damon Keeve from the United States with Keikoku, a punishment for the opponent, in his first fight . In the round of 16 he won against the Italian Stefano Venturelli after 25 seconds. The quarter-finals against the Bulgarian Damian Stoikow also ended prematurely after 3:45 minutes. In the semifinals Imre Csősz met Dawit Chachaleishvili and lost to Waza-ari. In the battle for a bronze medal, the Hungarian defeated the Belgian Harry Van Barneveld also by Waza-ari.

In the post-Olympic year Csősz reached seventh place in the heavyweight division and fifth place in the open class at the 1993 World Championships in Hamilton. In 1994 he finished fifth at the European Championships in both heavyweight and open class. In 1995 in Birmingham he lost in the heavyweight division to the German Frank Möller and in the battle for bronze to the Dutchman Denny Ebbers , so that Csősz finished fifth as in the previous year. In the open class he defeated the Dutch Ben Sonnemans in the semifinals and the German Ralf Koser in the final and was European champion. At the 1995 World Championships in Chiba, he was eliminated in his third fight in the open class against Harry Van Barneveld. 1996 Csősz entered the European Championships in The Hague only in the heavyweight division and defeated Denny Ebbers in the quarterfinals. After defeats against Dawit Khachaleishvili, who is now playing for Georgia in the semi-finals, and against the Pole Rafał Kubacki in the battle for bronze, the Hungarian finished fifth.

In 1996 Csősz took part in the Olympic Games for the second time. At the tournament in Atlanta he beat the Serbian Dmitar Milinković after 29 seconds and the Kazakhs Igor Pechkow by Waza-ari. In the quarter-finals he was defeated by the Spaniard Ernesto Pérez after 3:04 minutes and then eliminated in the hope round against Frank Möller.

At the European Championships in 1997, Imre Csősz finished fifth in both the heavyweight division and the open class. The following year he won bronze in the heavyweight division against Denny Ebbers, in the open class he lost the battle for a bronze medal against the Estonian Indrek Pertelson . In 1999 and 2000 he could no longer build on his great successes. He was eliminated from the 2000 Olympic Games in his opening match against the Argentinean Orlando Baccino .

After the end of his career, Imre Csősz continued to devote himself to judo and rose to the position of sporting director at the International Judo Federation .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Hungarian Championship in 1991 at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 424
  4. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  5. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 758
personal data
SURNAME Csősz, Imre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Csősz, Imre Attila (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Debrecen