Miklós Ungvári (born 15 October 1980) is a Hungarian former half-lightweight judoka who held the European title in 2002, 2009 and 2011. He competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2012 and placing fifth in 2016.[3]
Ungvári took up judo aged nine, and in October 2009 was named Judoka of the Week by the European Judo Union. Besides judo, he competed in equestrian show jumping and was a co-driver for the Sandlander team at the 2014 Dakar Rally. His brother Attila Ungvári also competes internationally in judo.
Awards
[edit]- Hungarian Judoka of the Year: 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2012)
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Miklós Ungvári". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ Miklós Ungvári. rio2016.com
- ^ a b c Miklós Ungvári. nbcolympics.com
External links
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Media related to Miklós Ungvári at Wikimedia Commons
- Miklós Ungvári at the International Judo Federation
- Miklós Ungvári at JudoInside.com
- Miklós Ungvári at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Miklós Ungvári at Olympics.com
- Miklós Ungvári at Olympedia
- Miklós Ungvári at The-Sports.org
- Miklós Ungvári on Instagram
European Judo Championships — Men's Half Lightweight | |
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1977–97: −65 kg • 1998–present: −66 kg | |
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