Mihály Huszka

Mihály Huszka [ ˈmihaːj ˈhuskɒ ] (* 1933 ) is a former Hungarian weightlifter .

Career

Huszka He comes from Csongrád and started lifting weights in 1952. In 1957 he made the leap into the Hungarian national weightlifting team, whose coach at that time was Sándor Gere. In 1959 he was allowed to start at a world championship for the first time. In the next few years he took part in many major international events and achieved many good results. Twice - in 1962 and 1963 - he was runner-up in the middleweight division. In 1963 he was defeated by Alexander Kurynow from the Soviet Union with the same performance of 437.5 kg only due to the slightly higher body weight.

Huszka emigrated to Austria with his wife in 1965 and tried to continue his weightlifting career in Vienna , but did not succeed.

He then accepted an offer from the USA and worked there for years as a trainer for American weightlifters.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Le = lightweight, Wed = middleweight)

• 1959, 10th place , WM + EM in Warsaw , Le, with 342.5 kg, EM valuation: 8th place, winner: Viktor Buschujew , USSR , 385 kg ahead of Hakob Faradschjan , USSR, 370 kg
• 1960, 5th place , EM in Milan , Le, with 345.0, behind Marian Zieliński , Poland 377.5 kg, Mustafa Jagly-Ogly , USSR, 375 kg and Zdeněk Otahal , Czechoslovakia , 355 kg
• 1960, 6th place , OS in Rome , Le, with 365 kg, winner Buschujew, 397.5 kg ahead of Tan Howe Liang , Singapore , 380 kg
• 1961, unplaced , WM + EM in Vienna , due to three unsuccessful attempts in pressing
• 1962, 1st place , Donaupokal, Wed, with 402.5 kg, ahead of Hans Zdražila , ČSSR , 372.5 kg and Albert Huser , Germany , 370 kg
• 1962, 2nd place , WM + EM in Budapest , Wed, with 420 kg, behind Kurynow, 422.5 kg and in front of Teherani, Iran , 412.5 kg
• 1963, 3rd place , Grand Prix of Moscow , Wed, with 410 kg, behind Vladimir Belyayev , USSR, 415 kg and Zdražila, 412.5 kg
• 1963, 2nd place , WM + EM in Stockholm , Wed, with 437.5 kg, behind Kurynow, 437.5 kg and in front of Zdražila, 422.5 kg
• 1964, 4th place , EM in Leningrad , Wed, with 400 kg, behind Wiktor Kurenzow, USSR, 445 kg, Zdražila, 425 kg and Werner Dittrich , GDR , 420 kg
• 1964, 6th place , OS in Tokyo , Wed, with 420 kg, winner: Zdražila, 445 kg, ahead of Kurenzow, 440 kg
• 1965, 5th place , EM in Sofia , Wed, with 407.5 kg, behind Wiktor Kurenzow, USSR 432.5 kg, Dittrich, 432.5 kg and Rolf Maier, France , 422.5 kg
• 1965, 1st place , Danube Cup in Budapest , Wed, with 430 (145.0, 125.0, 160.0) kg, ahead of Zdražila, 420 kg.

Web links

• Mihály Huszka in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )