Péter Bácsi (born 15 May 1983) is an amateur Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the middleweight category. Two-time (

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and

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) world champion, he is also a three-time Olympian, and a four-time medalist in his division at the

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. Bacsi made his international debut at the

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, where he competed in the 74 kg class. He first defeated United States' T.C. Dantzler, Armenia's

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, and Russia's Varteres Samourgachev in the preliminary rounds, before losing out to Georgia's

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in the semi-finals, by a technical fall. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Bacsi automatically qualified for the bronze medal bout, where he was defeated by France's Christophe Guénot, with a classification score of 1–3. At the

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, Bacsi got injured in the second preliminary match of the 74 kg class, losing to Aleksandr Kazakevič.

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* * * * * * Hungarian male sport wrestlers 1983 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Hungary Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Sport wrestlers from Budapest 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-wrestling-bio-stub