Péter Bácsi (born 15 May 1983) is an amateur Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the middleweight category. Two-time (
2014
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and
2018
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) world champion, he is also a three-time Olympian, and a four-time medalist in his division at the
European Championships
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.
Bacsi made his international debut at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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, where he competed in the
74 kg class. He first defeated United States'
T.C. Dantzler, Armenia's
Arsen Julfalakyan
Arsen Julfalakyan (, born 8 May 1987) is an Armenian Greco-Roman style wrestler, Olympic silver medalist, World and European Champion, World Cup winner and three-time Olympian.
Early life
Julfalakyan was born in the city of Leninakan (now Gyum ...
, and Russia's
Varteres Samourgachev in the preliminary rounds, before losing out to Georgia's
Manuchar Kvirkvelia
Manuchar Kvirkvelia (Georgian: მანუჩარ კვირკველია; born on October 12, 1978) is a retired Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler and politician, an Olympic champion and a member of the Parliament of Georgia since 2008.
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in the semi-finals, by a technical fall. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Bacsi automatically qualified for the bronze medal bout, where he was defeated by France's
Christophe Guénot
Christophe Guénot (born 7 January 1979 in Saint-Rémy, Saône-et-Loire) is a French wrestler who won the Bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 74kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
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, with a classification score of 1–3.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in London, Bacsi was injured in the second preliminary match of the
74 kg class, losing to
Aleksandr Kazakevič
Aleksandr Kazakevič (born 12 June 1986 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian Greco-Roman wrestler.
He participated in 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he competed at welterweight (66 kg). He lost to Mikh ...
.
Major results
References
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Hungarian male sport wrestlers
1983 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Hungary
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Sport wrestlers from Budapest
21st-century Hungarian sportsmen
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