József Csák

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József Csák (born November 10, 1966 in Budapest ) is a former Hungarian judoka . He won an Olympic silver medal in 1992 and was European champion in 1986.

Career

The 1.68 m tall József Csák from Újpesti TE fought until 1988 in the super lightweight, the weight class up to 60 kilograms. At the 1986 European Championships in Belgrade, he defeated Pavel Petřikov from Czechoslovakia in the quarter -finals, the Romanian Gheorge Dani in the semifinals and Peter Jupke from Germany in the final . Half a year later he won a bronze medal at the Junior European Championships after losing in the semifinals to Frenchman Philippe Pradayrol . In 1987 he was eliminated at the 1987 World Championships in his second fight against the Brazilian Sergio Pessoaout. At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, Csák defeated the Italian Marino Cattedra , the Turkish Haldun Efemgil and, in the round of 16, the Algerian Ali Idir in fights over the full time. In the quarter-finals, he was eliminated from the French Patrick Roux after 2:59 minutes.

Csák had already fought in several lightweight tournaments in 1987 and 1988, and in 1989 he finally switched to the weight class up to 65 kilograms. At the European Championships in 1989 he lost in the quarter-finals against Sergei Kosmynin from the Soviet Union, with three wins in the round of hope Csák won a bronze medal. In 1990 he finished seventh at the European Championships. In the same year he won the first of six Hungarian championship titles, the others followed from 1992 to 1995 and 1998. In 1991 he reached the final at the European Championships in Prague, where he lost to the Swiss Eric Born . In 1992 Csák defeated Jimmy Pedro from the United States in the semifinals at the World Cup in Paris and lost to the Japanese Kenji Maruyama in the final .

At the Olympic Games in 1992 he defeated Dikubenga Mavatiku from Zaire in his first fight by Ippon after 1:22 minutes. In the second round against the Bulgarian Ivan Netow and in the round of 16 against Pavel Petřikov from Czechoslovakia, he won each by a Yuko rating. He finished the quarter-finals against the Belgian Philip Laats after 3:15 minutes and the semi-final against the Cuban Israel Hernández was decided after 13 seconds. The final against the Brazilian Rogério Sampaio lasted the full length of the fight, the Brazilian won with a waza-ari.

In 1993, Csák won his first World Cup tournament in Budapest. At the World Championships in 1993 he was defeated in the round of 16 against the Japanese Yukimasa Nakamura and ultimately took seventh place. In 1994 he won a bronze medal at the Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg and won the World Student Championships. In 1995 at the World Championships in Chiba, he reached the semi-finals and lost there against Yukimasa Nakamura. In the battle for a bronze medal, he was defeated by the Turkish Bektaş Demirel .

In 1996, Csák took part in the Olympic Games for the third time. At the tournament in Atlanta he defeated the Indian Najib Aga after 2:59 minutes and the South African Duncan Mackinnon after 2:25 minutes. Csák won the quarter-finals against the Brazilian Henrique Guimarães with a Yuko rating. Also by a Yuko rating, Yukimasa Nakamura won in the semifinals over the Hungarian, who then lost the fight for a bronze medal against the Cuban Israel Hernández by referee decision (Yusei-gachi).

At the European Championships in 1997, Csák finished fifth after being defeated in the battle for bronze against the French Larbi Benboudaoud ; In 1998 he was seventh. In 2000 in Breslau he reached the European Championship final with four wins and received silver behind the Dutchman Patrick van Kalken . His fourth appearance at the Olympic Games ended at the tournament in Sydney with a defeat against the Bulgarian Georgi Georgiev in the opening match. In 2001, at the end of his career, he lost his first fight at the 2001 World Championships , the North Korean Won Yong-choi won .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 105
  3. ↑ Career overview at judoinside.com
  4. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 420
  5. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 754
personal data
SURNAME Csák, József
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest