Erik Torba (born 1 February 1996) is a Hungarian

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. He is a silver medalist at the

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and a bronze medalist at the

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Career

Torba competed in the men's 59 kg event at the

2017 European Wrestling Championships The 2017 European Wrestling Championships was held in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 2 to 7 May 2017. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle * The winner of the silver medal in the 97 kg category, Anzor Boltukayev from Russia, was d ...

in Novi Sad, Serbia and the

2017 World Wrestling Championships The 2017 World Wrestling Championships were the 14th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from August 21 to 27 in Paris, France. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's ...

in Paris, France. At the beginning of 2018,

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implemented changes to the weight classes used in wrestling and in that year he began competing in the 60 kg and 63 kg weight classes. He competed in the men's 60 kg event both at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships in Kaspiysk, Russia and the

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in Budapest, Hungary. Torba represented Hungary at the

2019 European Games The 2nd European Games 2019 ( be, II Еўрапейскія гульні, ''Jeŭrapiejskija huĺni 2019''; russian: II Европейские игры, ''Yevropeyskiye igry 2019''), informally known as Minsk 2019, was held in Minsk, Belarus, from 2 ...

in Minsk, Belarus and he won the silver medal in the

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event. In the final, he lost against Stepan Maryanyan of Russia. He also competed in the

event at the

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in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. In 2020, Torba won one of the bronze medals in the 63 kg event at the

held in Rome, Italy. In that same year, he also won the silver medal in the 63 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. In March 2021, Torba competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won his first two matches and he was then unable to qualify as he lost his match in the semi-finals against

Kerem Kamal Kerem Kamal (born 10 August 1999) is a Turkish wrestler competing in the 60 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He is a member of İzmir BB GSK He won the gold medal in the 60kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held i ...

of Turkey. In 2022, Torba won one of the bronze medals in the 63 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. He lost his bronze medal match in the

event at the

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held in Budapest, Hungary. A few months later, he competed at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.

Achievements

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Torba, Erik Living people 1996 births Place of birth missing (living people) Hungarian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games silver medalists for Hungary European Games medalists in wrestling European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Hungarian people