István Majoros (born 11 July 1974) is a Hungarian

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sport ...

and Olympic champion in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

Career

Majoros competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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where he received a gold medal in

, the ''bantamweight'' class."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on August 28, 2008) For this achievement he was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the Year. Majoros received a bronze medal at the

2005 FILA Wrestling World Championships The 2005 World Wrestling Championships were held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by ...

. On December 31 (New Year's Eve), 2006, Majoros made his

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

debut against

Norifumi Yamamoto was a Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer who competed in the bantamweight division of the UFC. He quickly gained popularity in the Shooto organization due to his aggressive, well-rounded style and controversial persona. He moved on to K ...

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and lost via TKO in the 1st round. It was his only MMA bout.

Mixed martial arts career

Mixed martial arts record

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* 1974 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Hungary Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Hungarian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Hungarian male mixed martial artists Featherweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-wrestling-bio-stub