Győző Veres
Hungarian weightlifter (1936–2011)
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| Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1936-06-13)13 June 1936 Berekböszörmény, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 February 2011(2011-02-01) (aged 74) Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
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Győző Veres (13 June 1936 – 1 February 2011) was a Hungarian weightlifter. He was born in Berekböszörmény in Hajdú-Bihar County. He was Olympic bronze medalist in weightlifting in 1960 and 1964.[1] He was named Hungarian Sportsman of the Year in 1963.
References
- ^ "Győző Veres". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
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| Preceded by | Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1963 | Succeeded by |
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Light heavyweight
- 1920:
Josef Straßberger (GER) - 1922:
Roger François (FRA) - 1923:
Jaroslav Skobla (TCH) - 1937:
Fritz Haller (AUT) - 1938:
John Davis (USA) - 1946:
Grigory Novak (URS) - 1947: John Terpak (USA)
- 1949: Stanley Stanczyk (USA)
- 1950: Stanley Stanczyk (USA)
- 1951: Stanley Stanczyk (USA)
- 1953: Arkady Vorobyov (URS)
- 1954: Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1955: Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1957:
Trofim Lomakin (URS) - 1958: Trofim Lomakin (URS)
- 1959: Rudolf Plyukfelder (URS)
- 1961: Rudolf Plyukfelder (URS)
- 1962:
Győző Veres (HUN) - 1963: Győző Veres (HUN)
- 1964: Rudolf Plyukfelder (URS)
- 1965:
Norbert Ozimek (POL) - 1966: Vladimir Belyaev (URS)
- 1968: Boris Selitsky (URS)
- 1969:
Masushi Ouchi (JPN) - 1970: Gennady Ivanchenko (URS)
- 1971: Boris Pavlov (URS)
- 1972:
Leif Jenssen (NOR) - 1973: Vladimir Ryzhenkov (URS)
- 1974:
Trendafil Stoychev (BUL) - 1975: Valery Shary (URS)
- 1976: Valery Shary (URS)
- 1977: Gennady Bessonov (URS)
- 1978: Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1979: Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1980: Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1981: Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1982: Asen Zlatev (BUL)
- 1983: Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1984:
Petre Becheru (ROU) - 1985: Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1986: Asen Zlatev (BUL)
- 1987: László Barsi (HUN)
- 1989: Kiril Kounev (BUL)
- 1990: Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew (URS)
- 1991: Ibragim Samadov (URS)
- 1993:
Pyrros Dimas (GRE) - 1994:
Marc Huster (GER) - 1995: Pyrros Dimas (GRE)
- 1997: Andrzej Cofalik (POL)
- 1998: Pyrros Dimas (GRE)
- 1999:
Shahin Nassirinia (IRI) - 2001:
Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) - 2002:
Zlatan Vanev (BUL) - 2003:
Valeriu Calancea (ROU) - 2005:
Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) - 2006:
Andrei Rybakou (BLR) - 2007: Andrei Rybakou (BLR)
- 2009:
Lu Yong (CHN) - 2010: Adrian Zieliński (POL)
- 2011: Kianoush Rostami (IRI)
- 2013:
Apti Aukhadov (RUS) - 2014: Kianoush Rostami (IRI)
- 2015: Artem Okulov (RUS)
- 2017:
Arley Méndez (CHI) - 2018: Artem Okulov (RUS)
- 2019:
Hakob Mkrtchyan (ARM) - 2021:
Yu Dong-ju (KOR) - 2022:
Keydomar Vallenilla (VEN) - 2023: Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI)
- 82.5 kg (1920–1991)
- 83 kg (1993–1997)
- 85 kg (1998–2017)
- 89 kg (2018–)
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