Dániel Ligeti Explained
Dániel Ligeti (born July 31, 1989) is an amateur Hungarian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category.[1] [2] He won the bronze medal for his division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, and silver at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[3] [4] Ligeti stands 1.92 metres (6 ft 3.5 in) tall and weighs 115 kilograms (254 lb). He is also currently a member of TuS Adelhausen in Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and is coached by Istvan Gulyas from the national wrestling team.[1]
Ligeti represented Hungary at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the 120 kg class in men's freestyle wrestling. He received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out to Belarus' Aleksey Shemarov, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Ligeti with a single point.[5]
He competed at the 2016 Olympics, beating Florian Temengil to reach the quarter finals where he lost to Levan Berianidze. In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]
In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[7] He also won one of the bronze medals in the 125 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[8] [9] He competed in the 125kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]
He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[11] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[11] A month later, he earned a quota place for Hungary for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[12]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Dániel Ligeti. London 2012. 17 December 2012. 30 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121030140906/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ligeti-daniel-1123422/. dead.
- Dániel Ligeti. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082533/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/daniel-ligeti-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 17 December 2012.
- News: Daniel Ligeti gewinnt Bronze bei Ringer-EM. Wrestler Daniel Ligeti won a bronze medal at the European Championships. German. TuS Adelhausen. 17 December 2012.
- News: Golds for Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and Sweden . Tanjug RS . 9 March 2012 . 17 December 2012 .
- Web site: Men's 120kg Freestyle Round of 16 Final. London 2012. 17 December 2012. 30 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121030132742/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-120kg/match=wrm199513/index.html. dead.
- Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . United World Wrestling .
- News: Pavitt . Michael . 30 March 2022 . Amine becomes first San Marino gold medallist at European Wrestling Championships . . 30 March 2022.
- Web site: 2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 . 3 April 2022 . 3 April 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.
