Imre Foldi

Imre Földi 1964

Imre Földi [ ˈimrɛ ˈføldi ] (born May 8, 1938 in Kecskemét ; † April 23, 2017 in Tatabánya ) was a Hungarian weightlifter .

origin

When Imre Földi grew up in Kecskemét, he first wanted to be a football goalkeeper. His great role model was Gyula Grosics , the goalkeeper of the Golden Elf . Because of his small size, Földi switched to wrestling, gymnastics and weightlifting, only to concentrate fully on weightlifting at the age of 14. Földi moved to Tatabánya and became a locksmith.

career

In weightlifting Földi was first used in an international competition in 1959. In 1960 he started at the Olympic Games for the first time.

His career then lasted until 1976, during which he competed at the Olympic Games five times. Földi became Olympic champion in 1972 and several times world and European champion. However, his runner-up world title from the 1970 World Championships was revoked because of doping . With a height of 1.49 m, he had a normal weight of approx. 62 kg. In order to be able to start in the bantamweight (up to 56 kg body weight) because of the better chance of success, he had to train about 6 kg before each competition. He remained active until he was 38 and competed in 21 major international championships (OS, WM, EM). No other weightlifter achieved so many entries. After finishing his active career, he became a coach.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships, Ba = bantamweight, Fe = featherweight, competitions up to 1972 in the Olympic three-way fight, consisting of pushing, snatching and pushing, competitions from 1973 onwards in single combat, consisting of pulling and pushing)

• 1959, 3rd place , WM + EM in Warsaw , Ba, with 295 kg, behind Wladimir Stogow , USSR , 332.5 kg and Marian Jankowski , Poland , 320 kg;
• 1960, 2nd place , EM in Milan , Ba, with 310 kg, behind Stogow, 330 kg and in front of Jankowski, 307.5 kg;
• 1960, 6th place , OS in Rome , Ba, with 320 kg, behind Charles Vinci , USA , 345 kg, Yoshinobu Miyake , Japan , 337.5 kg, Elmkah, Iran , 330 kg, Kogure, Japan, 322.5 kg and Jankowski, 322.5 kg;
• 1961, 2nd place , Grand Prix of Moscow , Ba, with 335 kg, behind Viktor Marsagulow, USSR, 337.5 kg and in front of Alexei Wachonin , USSR, 327.5 kg;
• 1961, 2nd place , WM + EM in Vienna , Ba, with 345 kg, behind Stogow, 345 kg and in front of Miyake, 337.5 kg;
• 1962, 2nd place , WM + EM in Budapest , Ba, with 337.5 kg, behind Miyake, 352.5 kg and in front of Stogow, 330 kg (EM valuation: 1st place );
• 1963, 3rd place , WM + EM in Warsaw , Fe, with 365 kg, behind Miyake, 375 kg and Isaac Berger , USA , 367.5 kg (EM valuation: 1st place );
• 1964, 1st place , Danube Cup in Ljubljana , Fe, with 347.5 (110.0, 102.5, 135.0) kg;
• 1964, 3rd place , EM in Moscow , Fe, with 360 kg, behind Yevgeni Kazura , USSR, 365 kg and Fitzi Balas, Romania , 362.5 kg;
• 1964, silver medal , OS in Tokyo , Ba, with 355 kg, behind Alexei Wachonin , USSR, 357.5 kg and in front of Shiro Ichinoseki , Japan, 347.5 kg;
• 1965, 1st place , Danube Cup in Budapest , Fe, with 357.5 (127.5, 100.0, 130.0) kg;
• 1965, 1st place , Grand Prix of Moscow, Ba, with 350 kg, ahead of Andrianow, USSR, 335 kg and Gennady Tschetin , USSR, 320 kg;
• 1965, 2nd place , EM in Sofia , Ba, with 347.5 kg, behind Wachonin, 350 kg and in front of Henryk Trebicki , Poland, 332.5 kg;
• 1965, 1st place , World Championships in Tehran , Ba, with 360 kg, ahead of Ichinoseki, 355 kg, Yoshiyuki Miyake , Japan, 345 kg and Mohammad Nassiri , Iran, 335 kg;
• 1966, 1st place , Danube Cup in Vienna , Fe, with 362.5 (127.5, 105.0, 130.0) kg;
• 1966, 2nd place , WM + EM in Berlin , Ba, with 360 kg, behind Wachonin, 362.5 kg and in front of Nassiri, 350 kg;
• 1967, 1st place , Danube Cup in Bratislava , Fe, with 355 (125.0, 100.0., 130.0) kg, ahead of Petkow, Bulgaria, 335 kg;
• 1968, 1st place , EM in Leningrad , Ba, with 350 kg, ahead of Walter Szoltyszek , Poland , 342.5 kg and Wachonin, 342.5 kg;
• 1968, 1st place , Donaucup in Donaueschingen , Ba, with 340.0 (115.0, 95.0, 130.0) kg;
• 1968, silver medal , OS in Mexico City , Ba, with 367.5 kg, behind Nassiri, 367.5 kg and in front of Trebicki, 357.5 kg;
• 1970, 1st place , EM in Szombathely , Ba, with 372.5 kg, ahead of Mieczysław Nowak , Poland, 362.5 kg and Szoltyszek, 352.5 kg;
• 1971, 1st place , EM in Sofia , Ba, with 367.5 kg, ahead of Tschetin, 355 kg and Szoltyszek, 350 kg;
• 1971, 4th place , World Championships in Lima , Ba, with 357.5 kg, behind Tschetin, 370.0 kg, Henryk Trebicki , Poland, 367.5 kg, Mohammad Nassiri , Iran, 360.0 kg;
• 1972, 1st place , Danube Cup in Budapest , Ba, with 372.5 (125.0, 107.5, 1400.0) kg;
• 1972, gold medal , OS in Munich , Ba, with 377.5 kg, ahead of Nassiri, 370 kg and Chetin, 367.5 kg;
• 1973, 4th place , EM in Madrid , Ba, with 247.5 kg, behind Atanas Kirow , Bulgaria , 255 kg, Georgi Todorow , Bulgaria, 252.5 kg and Karel Prohl, CSSR , 250 kg;
• 1973, 4th place , World Championships in Havana , Ba, with 247.5 kg, behind Kirow, 257.5 kg and Todorow, 255 kg and Miki, Japan, 252.5 kg;
• 1974, 4th place , EM in Verona , Ba, with 240 kg, behind Kirow, 257.5 kg, Anikin, USSR, 247.5 kg and Prohl, 245 kg;
• 1976, 5th place , OS in Montréal , Ba, with 245 kg, behind Nurair Nurikian , Bulgaria, 262.5 kg, Cziura, Poland, 252.5 kg, Ando, ​​Japan, 250 kg and Skorupa, Poland 250 kg.

From 1964 world championship titles were also awarded at the Olympic Games and from 1969 individual medals at world championships. Imre Földi also won 5 World Cup gold medals, 5 World Cup silver medals and 2 World Cup bronze medals.

Hungarian championships

Imre Földi was a total of 13 times Hungarian champion in bantam or featherweight.

World records

when pressing with both arms:

• 115 kg, born in 1961 in Budapest , Ba,
• 123.5 kg, 1962 in Tatabánya , Fe,
• 124 kg, 1962 in Budapest, Fe,
• 125 kg, 1963 in Kanagawa , Fe,
• 125.5 kg, 1963 in Budapest, Fe,
• 127 kg, 1964 in Budapest, Fe,
• 127.5 kg, 1965 in Budapest, Fe,
• 128 kg, 1965 in Budapest, Fe,
• 128.5 kg, 1966 in Beijing , Fe,
• 130.5 kg, 1966 in Tatabánya, Fe,
• 124 kg, 1968 in Dnepropetrovsk , Ba,
• 125 kg, 1969 in Budapest, Ba,
• 137 kg, 1971 in Budapest, Fe,
• 137.5 kg, 1972 in Ulm , Fe.

in the Olympic three-way battle:

• 355 kg, 1964 in Tokyo, Ba,
• 365 kg, 1965 in Budapest, Ba,
• 367.5 kg, 1968 in Mexico City , Ba,
• 370 kg, 1969 in Budapest, Ba,
• 372.5 kg, 1972 in Szombathely , Ba,
• 377.5 kg, 1972 in Munich , Ba.

Web links

• Arthur R. Chidlovski: Hall of Fame @ Lift Up: Imre Foldi . Portrait on Chidlovski's website with many pictures
• Imre Földi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arthur R. Chidlovski: The Eraser: Drug-Related Disqualifications in Men's weightlifting at Summer Olympics . chidlovski.net, accessed April 30, 2017 (English).