Ľuboš Čikel (born 4 December 1975 in
Trenčín
Trenčín (, also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a population of more than 55,000, which makes it the eighth largest municip ...
,
Czechoslovakia
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
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) is a retired amateur Austrian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's lightweight category. He finished ninth in the 60-kg division at the
2003 World Wrestling Championships
The following is the final results of the 2003 World Wrestling Championships. The Freestyle Competition was held in New York City, United States, while the Greco-Roman Competition was held in Créteil, France.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal su ...
in
New York City, New York
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, United States, and later represented his nation
Austria
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at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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. Throughout his sporting career, Cikel trained full-time for AC Wals Wrestling Club in
Wals-Siezenheim
Wals-Siezenheim () is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung (''Flachgau'') in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
The double municipality had been founded in 1948 of the places Wals and Siezenheim. In the same year the arm had been confe ...
, under his personal coach Max Aussenleitner. Being born in the former
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
, Cikel also holds a dual citizenship with
Slovakia
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to compete in numerous wrestling tournaments.
Cikel qualified for his naturalized Austrian squad in the
men's 60 kg class at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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by receiving a berth and placing ninth from the World Championships. He lost his opening match to South Korea's
Jung Young-Ho in a tough, 4–5 sudden-death decision, but dismantled Uzbek wrestler, three-time Olympian, and 1999 world bronze medalist
Damir Zakhartdinov into the ring with an astonishing 6–5 victory. Facing off against Japan's
Kenji Inoue
(born November 5, 1976 in Kyoto) is a Japanese wrestler who won the bronze medal in the Men's Freestyle 60 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Awards
*''Tokyo Sports
is a Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1960.
See also
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on his final bout, Cikel could not easily attack his opponent inside the mat, and lost the match with only nineteen seconds ahead of time because of the ten-point superiority limit. Finishing third in the prelim pool and eighth overall, Cikel's performance fell short to put him further into the quarterfinals.
References
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1975 births
Living people
Austrian male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Austria
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Austrian people of Slovak descent
Sportspeople from Trenčín
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