Hungarian Wrestling Federation

Hungarian Wrestling Federation

Abbreviation	MBSZ
Formation	16 March 1921
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Budapest, Hungary
President	Szilárd Németh
Affiliations	United World Wrestling (UWW)
Website	www.birkozoszov.hu

Hungarian Wrestling Federation (Hungarian: Magyar Birkózó Szövetség, MBSZ) is the governing body for wrestling in Hungary. It aims to govern, encourage and develop the sport for all throughout the country.

TGF has been established in 16 March 1921, and is headquartered in Budapest. TGF is a member of United World Wrestling (UWW), formerly known as the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA).^[1]

The federation organizes the national wrestling events, and European and World championships hosted by Hungary.

International competitions in Hungary

World Championships:

• 1958 World Wrestling Championships (Greco-Roman) – Budapest, July 21-24
• 1985 World Wrestling Championships (Freestyle) – Budapest, October 10-13
• 1986 World Wrestling Championships (Freestyle) – Budapest, October 19-22
• 1986 World Wrestling Championships (Greco-Roman) – Budapest, October 23-16
• 2005 World Wrestling Championships – Budapest, September 26 - October 2
• 2013 World Wrestling Championships – Budapest, September 16-22
• 2016 World Wrestling Championships – Budapest,

European Championships:

• 1911 European Wrestling Championships – Budapest
• 1927 European Wrestling Championships – Budapest
• 1931 European Wrestling Championships (Freestyle) – Budapest
• 1983 European Wrestling Championships – Budapest, April 17-21
• 1992 European Wrestling Championships (Freestyle) – Kaposvár
• 1996 European Wrestling Championships – Budapest
• 2000 European Wrestling Championships (Freestyle) – Budapest
• 2001 European Wrestling Championships (Freestyle) – Budapest

International achievements

Event				Pos.
Olympic Games	19	16	19	8th
World Championships	28	46	43	10th
European Championships	58

Olympics Games

Year	Host city	No. of wrestlers	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896	Athens	1	0	0	0	0	-
1908	London	7	1	0	0	1	V.
1912	Stockholm	10	0	0	1	1	V.
1924	Paris	12	0	1	1	2	VII.
1928	Amsterdam	6	1	1	0	2	VI.
1932	Los Angeles	5	0	2	1	3	VII.
1936	Berlin	12	3	0	1	4	II.
1948	London	12	1	1	2	4	IV.
1952	Helsinki	12	2	1	1	4	III.
1956	Melbourne	8	0	1	1	2	VIII.
1960	Rome	10	0	1	0	1	VIII.
1964	Tokyo	10	2	0	0	2	V.
1968	Mexico City	13	2	0	2	4	IV.
1972	Munich	18	1	0	4	5	VI.
1976	Montreal	18	0	1	1	2	X.
1980	Moscow	19	2	3	2	7	III.
1988	Seoul	18	1	1	0	2	VII.
1992	Barcelona	17	2	0	0	2	VI.
1996	Atlanta	11	0	0	0	0	-
2000	Sydney	8	0	1	0	1	XII.
2004	Athens	9	1	0	0	1	VIII.
2008	Beijing	9	0	1	0	1	XVII.
2012	London	7	0	1	2	3	X.
2016	Rio de Janeiro	8
2020	Tokyo
Total			19	16	19	54	VIII.

Notable wrestlers

Greco-Roman

• Richárd Weisz (1879–1945), Olympic champion
• Márton Károly ( – ), European champion
• Mihály Grozescu ( – ), European champion
• Ödön Radvány (1888–1959), World champion
• Armand Magyar (1888–1961), European champion
• Jenő Németh (born 1902), European champion
• Lajos Keresztes (1900–1978), European and Olympic champion
• László Papp (1905–1989), European champion
• Rajmund Badó (1902–1986), European champion
• Márton Lőrincz (1911–1969), Olympic champion
• József Gál ( – ), World champion
• Imre Hódos (1928–1989), Olympic champion
• Miklós Szilvásy (1925–1969), Olympic champion
• Imre Polyák (1932–2010), 3x World and Olympic champion
• György Gurics (1929–2013), World champion
• István Kozma (1939–1970), 3x World, 2x Olympic and European champion
• János Varga (born 1939), 2x World, 2x European and Olympic champion
• Ferenc Kiss (1942–2015), 2x European champion
• László Sillai ( – ), World champion
• Dr. Csaba Hegedűs (born 1948), World, Olympic and 2x European champion
• János Rovnyai ( ), European champion
• László Réczi (born 1947), World champion
• Lajos Rácz (born 1952), 2x European and World champion
• Ferenc Kocsis (born 1953), 4x European, World and Olympic champion
• István Tóth (born 1951), 2x World champion
• István Kovács (born 1950), World champion
• Norbert Növényi (born 1957), Olympic champion
• Tamás Gáspár (born 1960), European and World champion
• Tibor Komáromi (born 1964), European and 3x World champion
• Árpád Sípos ( ), European champion
• Jenő Bódi ( ), European champion
• Attila Repka (born 1968), 4x European and Olympic champion
• András Sike (born 1965), Olympic champion
• József Faragó ( ), European champion
• Péter Farkas (bron 1968), 2x World, European and Olympic champion
• István Majoros (bron 1974), European and Olympic champion
• Mihály Deák-Bárdos (born 1975), European champion
• Tamás Lőrincz (born 1986), 3x European champion
• Péter Bácsi (born 1983), 2x European and World champion
• Balázs Kiss (born 1983), World champion

Freestyle

Men's

• József Tunyogi (1907–1980), European champion
• Ödön Zombori (1906–1989), European and Olympic champion
• Károly Kárpáti (1906–1996), Olympic champion
• Gyula Bóbis (1909–1972), Olympic champion

Women's

• Marianna Sastin (born 1983), World champion

References

1. "Affiliated Federations". FILA. Retrieved 2012-08-12.

External links

• Magyar Birkózó Szövetség (official website)