István Majoros

Medal record
Competitor for  Hungary
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens 55 kg
World Championships
Bronze 2005 Budapest 55 kg

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

Career

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 record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0-1 Norifumi Yamamoto TKO (punches) K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!! 02006-12-31December 31, 2006 1 3:46 Osaka, Japan

References

  1. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on August 28, 2008)
Awards
Preceded by
Adrián Annus
Hungarian Sportsman of The Year
2004
Succeeded by
Ákos Braun