Norbert Növényi

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Norbert Növényi (born May 15, 1957 in Budapest ) is a former Hungarian wrestler . He was Olympic champion in 1980 in Greco-Roman. Style in the light heavyweight division .

Career

Norbert Növényi comes from a wrestling family, father Norbert Növényi sen. was the Hungarian heavyweight wrestling champion in the 1950s and began wrestling as a child in Budapest. He concentrated on the Greco-Roman style. In the junior sector, it has not yet played a role at international level. In 1979, however, he replaced the 1972 Olympic champion and multiple world champion Csaba Hegedarischens in Hungary as the Hungarian senior light heavyweight champion and this year he made his first appearances at international championships.

At the European Championships in Bucharest in 1979 , he was able to convince right away and became vice European champion with five wins. He was only subject to the exceptional Swedish athlete Frank Andersson . He also came in second at this year's World Cup in San Diego . In the final he was again defeated by Frank Andersson.

In 1980 he focused entirely on the Moscow Olympics . He made it into the final in the light heavyweight division with four wins and in this the almost impossible, namely a victory over the huge favorite Igor Kanygin from the USSR , who had turned off Frank Andersson. This made Norbert Növényi Olympic champion .

After this great victory, Norbert Növényi was no longer able to compete at the top of international championships. After all, he won at the world championship in Kiev in 1983 in the light heavyweight division behind Igor Kanygin and Atanas Komchev from Bulgaria again a world championship bronze medal .

From 1985 Norbert Növényi fought as a kickboxer and is said to have made it to two world championships here. He also went into the film business and worked even 1988 in Hollywood along with Arnold Schwarzenegger in a movie with.

In 1992, at the age of 35, he started a comeback as a wrestler, which was crowned with success that he won the title at the Hungarian heavyweight championship before the two-time vice world champion Sándor Major and thus qualified for the Olympic Games in Barcelona . In Barcelona he won three heavyweight fights, but then retired from Germany after a defeat by Andreas Steinbach and finished in 7th place.

After 1992 Norbert Növényi worked again as an actor, kick boxer and K1 fighter and was still active in this profession even as a 50-year-old.

International success

(all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, light heavyweight, then up to 90 kg, heavyweight, then up to 100 kg body weight)

year space competition Weight class
1978 2. "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Leipzig Semi-difficult behind Stojan Nikolow , Bulgaria a . before Pedro Pawlidis , FRG
1979 2. EM in Bucharest Semi-difficult with victories over Giuseppe Vitucci, Italy , Aslan Aslan, Turkey , Roman Wrocławski , Poland , Iwan Petrow, Bulgaria a. Petre Dicu , Romania a . a loss to Frank Andersson , Sweden
1979 1. Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Aschaffenburg Semi-difficult before Stojan Nikolow and Franz Pitschmann , Austria
1979 2. World Cup in San Diego Semi-difficult with victories over Franz Pitschmann, Yoshihiro Fujita, Japan , Czesław Kwieciński , Poland a. Pedro Pawlidis et al. Defeats against Petre Dicu u. Frank Andersson
1980 3. Tournament in Västerås Semi-difficult behind Netsajew, USSR a. Keijo Manni , Finland
1980 gold OS in Moscow Semi-difficult with victories over Keijo Manni, Atef Mahayri, Syria , Georgios Pozidis , Greece , Jose Poll, Cuba and others. Igor Kanygin , USSR
1981 2. Tournament in Västerås Semi-difficult behind Keijo Manni u. before Frank Andersson, Waleri Dolgich , USSR, Thomas Horschel , GDR a . Uwe Sachs , FRG
1981 7th EM in Gothenburg Semi-difficult with victories over Georgios Pozidis a. Uwe Sachs and Defeats against Thomas Horschel u. Alexander Dubrowski , USSR
1982 2. World Cup in Budapest Semi-difficult behind Igor Kanygin u. in front of Franz Pitschmenn, Redak Tatawi, Egypt a. Michael Houck , USA
1983 2. "Stanislaw Pytlasinski" tournament in Warsaw Semi-difficult behind Krossi, Bulgaria a. before Branisław Dąbrowski , Poland a. Uwe Sachs
1983 4th EM in Budapest Semi-difficult behind Igor Kanygin, Atanas Komtschew , Bulgaria a. Ilie Matei , Romania a. before Uwe Neupert , GDR a. Bernard Ban , Yugoslavia
1983 3. World Cup in Kiev Semi-difficult behind Igor Kanygin u. Atanas Komchev et al. before Georgios Pozidis, Ilie Matei a. Jindřich Durczak, CSSR
1985 1. "World Super Championship" in Tokyo Semi-difficult before Greg Gibson , USA a. Masahiko Fukube, Japan
1992 2. GP of the FRG in Kelheim Heavy behind Sjarhej Dzjamjaschkewitsch , GUS u. before Andreas Steinbach , BRD, Roger Gries , BRD a. Tahir Yılmaz, Turkey
1992 7th OS in Barcelona Heavy behind Héctor Milián , Cuba, Dennis Koslowski , USA, Sjarhej Dsjamjaschkewitsch, Andrzej Wroński , Poland, Andreas Steinbach u. Ion Ieremciuc , Romania
1992 2. Grand Prix tournament in Budapest Heavy behind Sjarhej Dzjamjaschkewitsch u. before Andreas Steinbach

Hungarian championships

Norbert Növényi was Hungarian light heavyweight champion in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984 and heavyweight champion in 1992.

swell

  • Journal Der Ringer from 1978 to 1992, numbers 5/1979, page 10, 9/1979, page 8, 8/1980, page 7, 4/1981, page 8, 9/1983, page 9, 10/1983, Page 6 and 9/1992, page 14,
  • Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig ,
  • Website "www.webspawner.com"

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Növényi, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest