István Majoros

Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion

The native form of this personal name is Majoros István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

István Majoros Medal record

Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
| 2004 Athens | 55 kg
World Championships
| 2005 Budapest | 55 kg

István Majoros (born 11 July 1974) is a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

## Career

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Majoros competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class.[1] For this achievement he was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the Year.

Majoros received a bronze medal at the 2005 FILA Wrestling World Championships.

On December 31 (New Year's Eve), 2006, Majoros made his mixed martial arts debut against Norifumi Yamamoto at K-1 Dynamite in Osaka, Japan and lost via TKO in the 1st round. It was his only MMA bout.

## Mixed martial arts career

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István Majoros

Born|  (1974-07-11) July 11, 1974 (age 50)
Budapest, Hungary
Height| 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight| 266 lb (121 kg)
Division| Featherweight
Style| Greco-Roman Wrestling
Fighting out of| Kecskemét, Hungary
Team| Hungarian Top Team (MMA)
Univer Kecskemet TE (Wrestlig)
Trainer| Sándor Bárdosi (MMA)
Tibor Tihanics (Wrestlig)
Years active| 2005 (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total| 1
Wins| 0
Losses| 1
By knockout| 1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

## Mixed martial arts record

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Res.  | Record  | Opponent  | Method  | Event  | Date  | Round  | Time  | Location  | Notes

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Loss  | 0-1  |  Norifumi Yamamoto | TKO (punches)  | K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!! | December 31, 2006 | 1  | 3:46  | Osaka, Japan  |

## References

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1. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece - Wrestling" Archived 2007-08-28 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on August 28, 2008)

## External links

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* István Majoros at Sherdog
* István Majoros at the International Wrestling Database
* István Majoros at Olympedia

Awards

Preceded by

Adrián Annus

|  Hungarian Sportsman of The Year
2004  | Succeeded by

Ákos Braun

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Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman bantamweight

* 1924:  Eduard Pütsep (EST)
* 1928:  Kurt Leucht (GER)
* 1932:  Jakob Brendel (GER)
* 1936:  Márton Lőrincz (HUN)
* 1948:  Kurt Pettersén (SWE)
* 1952:  Imre Hódos (HUN)
* 1956:  Konstantin Vyrupaev (URS)
* 1960:  Oleg Karavaev (URS)
* 1964:  Masamitsu Ichiguchi (JPN)
* 1968:  János Varga (HUN)
* 1972:  Rustam Kazakov (URS)
* 1976:  Pertti Ukkola (FIN)
* 1980:  Shamil Serikov (URS)
* 1984:  Pasquale Passarelli (FRG)
* 1988:  András Sike (HUN)
* 1992:  An Han-bong (KOR)
* 1996:  Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)
* 2000:  Armen Nazaryan (BUL)
* 2004:  István Majoros (HUN)
* 2008:  Nazyr Mankiev (RUS)
* 2012:  Hamid Sourian (IRI)
* 2016:  Ismael Borrero (CUB)
* 2020:  Luis Orta (CUB)
* 2024:  Kenichiro Fumita (JPN)

* 1924–1928: 58 kg
* 1932–1936: 56 kg
* 1948–1996: 57 kg
* 2000: 58 kg
* 2004–2012: 55 kg
* 2016: 59 kg
* 2020–present: 60 kg

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