Stephan Hegyi (born 25 July 1998) is an Austrian

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Career

Hegyi began his career at Budoclub Wien. He followed Peter Seisenbacher to

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, who was hired as a coach in 2014. He is currently the club's most successful judoka. In 2017, he competed in the men's +100 kg and men's team events at the

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held in Warsaw, Poland. In that same year, he also competed in the men's +100 kg event at the

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held in Budapest, Hungary. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's +100 kg event at the

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held in

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, Hungary. In 2020, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's +100 kg event at the

held in Prague, Czech Republic. In 2021, he competed in the men's +100 kg event at the

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held in Doha, Qatar. He also competed in the men's +100 kg event at the

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in Budapest, Hungary where he was eliminated in his second match by Iakiv Khammo of Ukraine. In 2021, Hegyi competed in the men's +100 kg event at the

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held in Tokyo, Japan where he was eliminated in his first match by eventual bronze medalist

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of France. He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the

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held in Tel Aviv, Israel. Stefan Hegy was unable to participate in judo competitions for a period of 20 months due to two cruciate ligament tears in his knee and a ruptured Achilles tendon.

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* * * Living people 1998 births Martial artists from Vienna Austrian male judoka European Games competitors for Austria Judoka at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games bronze medalists for Austria Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Austria 21st-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-judo-bio-stub