Tamás Gáspár

Tamás Gáspár [ ˈtɒmaːʃ ˈgaːʃpaːr ] (born July 19, 1960 in Budapest ) is a former Hungarian wrestler .

Career

Tamás Gáspár comes from Budapest and started wrestling at the age of six. He made good progress at Ferencváros Budapest , a top Hungarian club, was one of the best wrestlers in the world in the youth and junior division and won medals at international junior world and European championships in 1979 and 1980. From 1979 the 1.87 m tall athlete was also used in the seniors, but first had to recognize that the way to the top is tough there. But he made the leap to the top, because he became European champion in 1984 and world champion in 1986 in the Greco-Roman style, the style to which he devoted himself exclusively. Because of the Olympic boycott of the Eastern Bloc countries, he could not take part in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles . At this point he was at the height of his ability.

After finishing his active wrestling career, he entered the service of the Hungarian Wrestling Association and is now its vice-president. In September 2013 he was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame for his services to wrestling .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, S = heavyweight, then up to 100 kg body weight)

• 1979, 2nd place , Juniors (Espoirs) -WM, GR, S, behind Valeri Sakolajew, USSR and in front of Zeko Popow, Bulgaria ;
• 1979, 4th place , EM in Bucharest , GR, S, with victories over Allan Karning, Denmark and Oldřich Dvořák , Czechoslovakia and defeats against Nikolai Balboschin , USSR and Vasile Andrei , Romania ;
• 1979, 9th place , World Championships in San Diego / USA , GR, S, after defeats against Roman Bierła , Poland and Brad Rheingans , USA;
• 1980, 1st place , European Junior Championships in Bursa , GR, S, ahead of Vyacheslav Klimenko, USSR and Tomas Johansson , Sweden ;
• 1980, 8th place , OS in Moscow , GR, S, after defeats against Balboschin and Georgi Rajkow , Bulgaria;
• 1981, 8th place , EM in Göteborg , GR, S, after defeats against Roman Wrocławski , Poland and Andrej Dimitrow , Bulgaria;
• 1981, 2nd place , World Championships in Oslo , GR, S, with victories over Dimitrov, Christer Gulldén , Sweden, Roman Wrocławski and one defeat against Michail Saladse , USSR;
• 1982, 1st place , World Cup in Budapest , GR, S, ahead of Sergei Golubowitsch, USSR, Greg Gibson , USA and Vasile Andrei;
• 1982, 5th place , EM in Varna , GR, S, behind Dimitrov, Nikolai Inkow, USSR, Josef Tertelj , Yugoslavia , Vasile Andrei and in front of Bojko, ČSSR;
• 1983, 2nd place , World Championships in Budapest , GR, S, behind Dimitrov and in front of Viktor Avdyschew, USSR, Vasile Andrei, Georgios Pikilidis, Greece and Tertelj;
• 1984, 1st place , EM in Jönköping , GR, S, with victories over Karl Gustavsson, Sweden, Hans Lüthi, Switzerland , Balboschin and Thomas Horschel , GDR ;
• 1985, 2nd place , World Championship in Kolbotn / Norway , GR, S, behind Dimitrov and in front of Anatoli Fedorenko , USSR, Vasile Andrei, Josef Tertelj and Roman Bierła;
• 1986, 1st place , World Championships in Budapest, GR, S, ahead of Fedorenko, Ilja Wassilew, Bulgaria, Gerhard Himmel , BR Germany and Pikilidis;
• 1986, 3rd place , World Cup in Oak Lawns / USA, GR, S, behind Igor Kanygin , USSR and Dennis Koslowski , USA and in front of Héctor Milián , Cuba

Hungarian championships

Tamás Gáspár was the Hungarian heavyweight champion in the Greco-Roman style in 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1988.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Outstanding Class of 2013 to Enter FILA Hall of Fame , accessed on April 16, 2017 (English)

Web links

• Profile of Tamás Gáspár at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Tamás Gáspár in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait of Tamás Gáspár (Hungarian)