Gábor Szarvas ( in
Újpest
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- in
Budapest
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) was a Hungarian male
weightlifter
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, who competed in the middleweight class and represented Hungary at international competitions. He won the silver medal at the
1969 World Weightlifting Championships and the bronze medal at the
1970 World Weightlifting Championships, both in the 75 kg category. He participated at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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in the
75 kg event.
Szarvas had furthermore the following podium finishes at major championships: second in the 1969 European Championships Middleweight class (440.0 kg); second in the 1970 European Championships Middleweight class (452.5 kg); second in the 1971 European Championships Middleweight class (460.0 kg); second in the 1978 European Championships Featherweight class (275.0 kg).
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1943 births
Hungarian male weightlifters
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
People from Újpest
Olympic weightlifters for Hungary
Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics
1992 deaths
Weightlifters from Budapest
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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