László Klinga

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

László Klinga (born July 9, 1947 in Mosonszentpéter (today to Jánossomorja , Győr-Moson-Sopron ), Hungary ) is a former Hungarian wrestler . He won a bronze medal in featherweight free style at the 1972 Munich Olympics and was Vice European Champion in 1973 and 1976 .

Career

László Klinga started wrestling as a teenager in his hometown Mosonszentpéter. At the age of 18 he joined the Hungarian People's Army and was delegated to the Honved Budapest Sports Club . Towards the end of his wrestling career, he moved to the Ferencvarosi Torna Club (FTC) Budapest . With very few exceptions, László Klinga only wrestled in free style. As an adult, he always weighed around 60 kg at a height of 1.65 meters and always started at bantam weight (at that time up to 57 kg body weight).

After László Klinga had become Hungarian bantamweight champion for the first time in 1968, he was used in free style at the European Championships in Sofia in 1969 . With one win and two defeats he came in 8th place. At the European Championships 1970 in Berlin (East), he was a bit more successful, reaching with three wins on the 5th Place and in the World Cup this year in Edmonton , he came after two victories and defeats Zbigniew Żedzicki from Poland and Othon Moschidis from Greece to 6th place. He had reached the extended world elite.

At the World Cup in Sofia in 1971 , however, he showed weaknesses. He only managed one victory there. After defeats against Horst Mayer from the GDR a . Viktor Shatkov from the USSR came only 12th.

1972 was a very successful year for László Klinga. After he had just missed a medal in 4th place in the bantamweight division at the European Championships this year in Katowice , he achieved five wins and one draw at the bantamweight Olympic Games in Munich . He only had to admit defeat to the American Richard Sanders in Munich . Among the wrestlers he defeated were u. a. Horst Mayer, Iwan Kuleschow from the USSR a. Kazim Yildirim from Turkey . With these results, László Klinga took 3rd place and won an Olympic bronze medal .

He celebrated another great success at the 1973 European Championships in Lausanne with 2nd place. He won there u. a. about Petre Ciarnau from Romania a . Kirkor Leonow from Bulgaria and only had to admit defeat to the Soviet athlete Roin Dobordschenidze. Laszlo Klinga was also runner-up at the European Championships in Leningrad in 1976 . In Leningrad he defeated u. a. Hans-Dieter Brüchert from the GDR . In the decisive fight for the European title he lost to Vladimir Jumin from the USSR

His 5th place at the 1974 World Cup in Istanbul was also remarkable . There he lost after three wins against Hans-Dieter Brüchert and Wladimir Jumin . At his last start at an international wrestling championship, which took place at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , László Klinga only came in 16th place with a victory over the Cuban Jorge Ramos and defeats against his permanent rival Hans-Dieter Brüchert and the Mongolian Megdiin Choilogdordsch .

Then László Klinga ended his wrestling career. He completed a sports degree and became a trainer in his home club FTC Budapest.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style, Ba = bantam weight, back then up to 57 kg body weight)

  • 1970, 3rd place , Championship of the Armies of the Warsaw Pact (SKDA Championship), GR, Ba, behind Ion Baciu , Romania a . before Kimstatch, USSR;
  • 1971, 12th place , World Cup in Sofia , F, Ba, with a victory over Eduardo Maggiolo, Argentina a . Defeats against Viktor Shatkow, USSR a. Horst Mayer , GDR ;
  • 1972, 4th place , EM in Katowice , F, Ba, with victories over Niculae Dumitru a. Georgios Hatzioannidis, Greece, a tie against Reinhard Mehlhorn u. Defeats against Ivan Kuleschow, USSR a. Ivan Shavov;
  • 1973, 2nd place , EM in Lausanne , F, Ba, with victories over Amrik Singh Gill, Great Britain , Ernst Hack, Austria , Petre Ciarnau , Romania a. Kirkor Leonow, Bulgaria, a tie against Zbigniew Zedzicki u. a loss to Roin Dobordschenidze, USSR;
  • 1974, 2nd place , tournament in Lodz , F, Ba, behind Grigoire Condrat, Romania a. before Jamun, Mongolia;
  • 1974, 8th place , EM in Madrid , F, Ba, with a victory over Dominique Corvaisier, France a . Defeats against Otto Vozar, CSSR a. Gheorghe Dobranel, Romania;
  • 1976, 2nd place , EM in Leningrad , F, Ba, with victories over Kenan Noukhi, Yugoslavia , Pekka Alanen, Finland , Gigel Anghel, Romania, Hans-Dieter Brüchert u. Wladiyslaw Zablocki, Poland a. a loss to Vladimir Yumin;
  • 1976, 16th place , OS in Montreal , F, Ba, with a victory over Jorge Ramos, Cuba a. Defeats against Hans-Dieter Brüchert a. Megdiin Khoilogdordsch, Mongolia

Hungarian championships

László Klinga was the Hungarian bantamweight champion in free style in 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1972

swell

  • Trade journal Athletics , numbers: 5/1970, 4/1972, 5/1972 and 7/1974,
  • Documentation of International Wrestling Championships of the FILA , 1976, pages: O-88, E-68, E-72, E-80, E-89, E-100- E-110. W-91, W-96, W-116-, O-104,
  • Website "www.webspawner.com"

Web link

personal data
SURNAME Klinga, László
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Mosonscentre