Zsigmond Kelevitz
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Zsigmond Kelevitz (born 1 January 1954) is an Australian
freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...
who competed at three
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and three
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Major championships

He competed at the 1976 Montreal,
1980 Moscow The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...
and
1984 Los Angeles Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...
in the lightweight, or 68 kg division. His best result was fifth in 1984. At the Commonwealth Games, he won Australia's first wrestling gold medal since 1954 when he won the lightweight division at the 1978 Edmonton Games and then won silver medals in the same weight division at the 1982 Brisbane and 1986 Edinburgh Games. His first Olympic Games: Montreal 1976 World Championship 1979: 68 kg. Freestyle (6th) Commonwealth Games 1982: 68 kg. Freestyle (2nd) World Championship 1982: 68 kg. Freestyle (9th) World Championship 1983: 68 kg. Freestyle (13th) Commonwealth Games 1986: 68 kg. Freestyle (2nd) Oceania Championship: 68 kg. Freestyle (1st).


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