Gábor Szarvas

Gábor Szarvas
Personal information
Born	18 November 1943; Újpest, Hungary
Died	3 January 1992 (aged 48); Budapest, Hungary
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Hungary
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	75 kg
Club	Testvériség
Team	National team
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing Hungary
World Championships
	Updated on 6 October 2016.

Gábor Szarvas ((1943-11-18)18 November 1943 in Újpest - (1992-01-03)3 January 1992 in Budapest) was a Hungarian male weightlifter, who competed in the middleweight class and represented Hungary at international competitions. He won the silver medal at the 1969 World Weightlifting Championships and the bronze medal at the 1970 World Weightlifting Championships, both in the 75 kg category. He participated at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 75 kg event.^[1] Szarvas had furthermore the following podium finishes at major championships: second in the 1969 European Championships Middleweight class (440.0 kg); second in the 1970 European Championships Middleweight class (452.5 kg); second in the 1971 European Championships Middleweight class (460.0 kg); second in the 1978 European Championships Featherweight class (275.0 kg).

References[]

^ "Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics - 2007 World Championships - Gábor Szarvas" (PDF). iwf.net. pp. 126–146. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

External links[]

Gábor Szarvas at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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[1] "Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics - 2007 World Championships - Gábor Szarvas" (PDF). iwf.net. pp. 126–146. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

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