Péter Baczakó
Medal record | ||
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Representing Hungary | ||
Men's weightlifting | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1980 Moscow | -90 kg | |
1976 Montreal | -82.5 kg |
Péter Baczakó (born 27 September 1951 in Ercsi – d. 1 April 2008 in Budapest) was a Hungarian weightlifter.
He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] Overall Baczako won a total of 23 medals, including four gold, at world and European championships from 1973-82.[1] He spent his whole career at the Budapest club BKV-Elore, where he became a coach after he retired from competing.[1]
Peter Baczako died on April 1, 2008 in Budapest of cancer.[1] He had also been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and spent his last months in a wheelchair.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Peter Baczako, Hungarian Olympic champion weightlifter, dies at 56". Associated Press. International Herald Tribune. 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
External links
- Profile[permanent dead link] at databaseOlympics.com
- Note on his death - L'Equipe Template:Fr icon
Categories:
- 1951 births
- 2008 deaths
- Hungarian male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters of Hungary
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
- People from Fejér County
- Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Deaths from cancer in Hungary
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian Olympic medalist stubs
- Hungarian weightlifting biography stubs