Zoltán Farkas (born 19 November 1974 in

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) is a Hungarian

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. He holds the 69 kg Hungarian record. He competed in two

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. In

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he finished in the 8th place in 59 kg category, four years later in

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he placed 10th in 62 kg category.

Sporting career

Farkas won three silver medal (snatch, clean & jerk, total) at the

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. One year later he won bronze medal in snatch at the

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Major results

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at sports-reference.com 1974 births Living people Hungarian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Hungary Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-weightlifting-bio-stub