Richárd Weisz

Richárd Weisz (30 April 1879 – 4 December 1945) was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Hungary. He competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in 1908.[1]

Richárd Weisz

Weisz in 1908
Personal information
Born	30 April 1879 Budapest, Hungary
Died	4 December 1945 (aged 66) Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	MTK Budapest[1]
Coached by	János Weigand[2]
Medal record Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1908 London 93+ kg

Weisz was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish.[3][4][5] He trained in athletics and rowing before changing to wrestling. He won an unofficial national wrestling title in 1899, and then seven consecutive official titles in 1903–1909. He also competed in weightlifting and won the national heavyweight championships in 1905–1908. He was banned by the Hungarian amateur wrestling federation for participating in a professional wrestling bout against Stanislaus Zbyszko, and after that performed in a circus. His amateur status was restored before the 1912 Olympics, but he declined to compete due to waning motivation.[2]

See also

• List of select Jewish wrestlers

References

1. Richárd Weisz. sports-reference.com
2. Polihisztor babérkoszorúval. nemzetisport.hu (14 November 2003)
3. Siegman, Joseph (1 August 2020). Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9781496222121 – via Google Books.
4. "Richard Weisz". www.jewishsports.net.
5. "Jewish Post 19 January 1983 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.

External links

• dataOlympics profile
• Nemzetisport profile (in Hungarian)
• mek profile (in Hungarian)