György Kőszegi (12 September 1950 – 13 December 2001) was a Hungarian

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

who competed in the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

and in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. He was born in

Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza (, ) is a city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and the second largest in the Northern Great ...

. At the 1976 Olympic Games, he won the silver medal.

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1950 births 2001 deaths Hungarian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Hungary Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in weightlifting Sportspeople from Nyíregyháza Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-weightlifting-bio-stub