Dávid Losonczi

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Dávid Losonczi
Personal information
Born (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)
Hungary
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb; 13.7 st)
Sport
CountryHungary
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class87 kg
EventGreco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade 87 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 87 kg
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2023 Istanbul 87 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Antalya 87 kg
U23 World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Belgrade 87 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2022 Warsaw 87 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 97 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest 87 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rome 87 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bucharest 87 kg
European Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pontevedra 87 kg

Dávid Losonczi is a Hungarian wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 87 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]

Wrestling career[edit]

Losonczi competed in the 2021 World Wrestling Championships for athletes under 23 years of age. He won the silver medal in the men's Greco-Roman 87 kg event after losing to Aleksandr Komarov in the finals.[2]

He represented Hungary at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, again competing in the 87 kg class. He reached the semi-final stage, in which he lost to Zurab Datunashvili,[3] and subsequently won the bronze match against Alex Bjurberg Kessidis.[4][5]

He won the silver medal at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, losing 8-7 to his Turkish rival Ali Cengiz in the men's greco-roman style 87 kilo final match. On 15 November 2023, the United World Wrestling recognized that a serious refereeing mistake had been committed which changed the outcome of this bout. Therefore, the UWW declared both wrestlers as the winners of the contest and award a gold medal to Dávid Losonczi.[6] Dávid Losonczi defeated Kyrgyz Azat Salidinov 8-0 with a technical superiority in the second round, Azerbaijan's Islam Abbasov 8-0 with a technical superiority in the third round, and in the quarter-finals he defeated Belarusian Kiril Maskevic 6-1, who participated as an independent individual athlete, to reach the semi-finals. In the semi-final, he defeated Semen Novikov of Kazakhstan with 10-0 technical superiority and reached the final.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "David LOSONCZI". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  2. ^ "U23 World Championships, Greco-Roman, U23, 87 kg" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  3. ^ Lloyd, Owen (10 September 2022). "Host athletes shine at World Wrestling Championships in Serbia". Inside the Games. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. ^ "World Championships Results: Weight Category (Results GR 87)". World Wrestling Championships. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Losonczi awarded share of 87kg world title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  7. ^ "87kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

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