Gábor Hárspataki Explained

Gábor Hárspataki
Full Name:Károly Gábor Hárspataki
Birth Date:1996 2, df=yes
Country:Hungary
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:75 kg
Event:Kumite

Károly Gábor Hárspataki (born 27 February 1996)[1] is a Hungarian karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 75kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] [3] He won the silver medal in the men's 75kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[4]

Career

In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 75kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[5] [6] In 2021, he qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] [8] In November 2021, he competed in the men's 75kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

He competed in the men's kumite 75kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[9] He finished in third place in his pool in the elimination round and he did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2017European Championshipsİzmit, Turkey3rdKumite 75kg
2018European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia2ndKumite 75kg
2019European GamesMinsk, Belarus3rdKumite 75kg
2021Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan3rdKumite 75kg
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2ndKumite 75kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entry List by Country . https://web.archive.org/web/20220709185232/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Root/ViewPdf/KTE-------------------------------_C32A_1.0.pdf . 9 July 2022 . 9 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  2. News: Barker . Philip . 6 August 2021 . World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title . InsideTheGames.biz . 6 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Karate Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf . 10 August 2021 . 10 August 2021 . 2020 Summer Olympics.
  4. Web site: 2023 World Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ . 29 October 2023 . 30 October 2023 . Sportdata.org.
  5. Web site: Karate Medalists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200815093537/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/281/C93%20-%20Karate%20-%20Medalists%20by%20Event%20%28Sun,%2030%20Jun%202019%20-%2018_19%29.pdf . 15 August 2020 . 15 August 2020 . 2019 European Games.
  6. News: Italy's Maresca earns dramatic win as Ukraine take two golds in karate finale at Minsk 2019 . Rowbottom . Mike . 30 June 2019 . InsideTheGames.biz . 1 February 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200322133858/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081429/italys-maresca-earns-dramatic-win-as-ukraine-take-two-golds-in-karate-finale-at-minsk-2019 . 22 March 2020.
  7. News: Rowbottom . Mike . 12 June 2021 . Second batch of Tokyo 2020-bound karateka go forward from WKF final qualifier . InsideTheGames.biz . 12 June 2021.
  8. Web site: 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf . 14 June 2021 . 14 June 2021 . World Karate Federation.
  9. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.