Gyula Káté (born February 3, 1982 in
Budapest,
Hungary) is a Hungarian amateur boxer best known for winning two bronze medals at European Championships and one at the World Championships.
Career
In 2000 he won the World Junior Championships against
Boris Georgiev.
At the 2003 World Championships he lost in the semifinal to
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and won lightweight bronze.
In 2004 he won lightweight bronze at the European Championships. At the Olympics he lost his first match against
Jong Sub-Baik
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Olympic results
Participated in the 2004 Olympic Games as a Lightweight boxer
*Defeated Gyula Kate (Hungary) 30-23
*Defeated Uranchime ...
. At the
2004 World University Boxing Championship
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Participating nations
Results
Bronze medals are awarded to both ...
s he won the 64 kg title, the start of his competing at junior welterweight.
At the 2007 World Championships he beat
Myke Carvalho
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but lost early to
Gennadiy Kovalev
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Career
Southpaw Kovalev won the silver medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing ...
.
In 2006 he won a bronze medal at the
European Amateur Boxing Championships after he was beaten in the semifinals by
Russia's Oleg Komissarov.
He qualified for the
2008 Olympics
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at Light-welterweight by beating
Lithuania
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n boxer
Egidijus Kavaliauskas
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in the semifinal of a European qualifying tournament. At the 2008 Olympics he lost his first bout 5:9 to Irish
Johnny Joyce.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, he lost to
Vincenzo Mangiacapre
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Biography
In June he won Bronze at the 2011 European ...
.
References
External links
Olympic qualifierAIBA results for Olympic qualification
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Living people
1982 births
Lightweight boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Hungary
Martial artists from Budapest
Hungarian male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists