Zoltán Kovács (weightlifter)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Zoltan Kovacs |
| Born |
24 August 1977 Budapest, Hungary |
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 102.32 kg (225.6 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Hungary |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Weight class | 105 kg |
| Club |
Budapest Honvéd BKV Előre SC (Budapest) |
| Team | National team |
| Updated on 28 September 2016. | |
Zoltan Kovacs (born 24 August 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian male weightlifter, competing in the 105 kg category and representing Hungary at international competitions. He participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 94 kg event and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 105 kg event.[1] He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics he refused to give a sample for a doping test and was disqualified.[3][4]
Major results
- 2001 European Championships Heavyweight class (412.5 kg)
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2004 |  Athens, Greece | 105 kg | N/A | N/A | DQ | |||||||
| 2000 |  Sydney, Australia | 94 kg | N/A | N/A | 6 | |||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2001 |  Antalya, Turkey | 105 kg | 172.5 | | | 15 | 210 | 222.5 | | 7 | 395 | 11 |
| 1999 | Piraeus, Greece | 94 kg | | | 175 | 11 | | 210 | 215 | 8 | 390 | 10 |
| 1998 |  Lahti, Finland | 94 kg | 165 | 170 | | 10 | | | | --- | 0 | --- |
References
- ↑ "Zoltán Kovács". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- ↑ "2001 Weightlifting World Championships – Zoltan Kovacs". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ IOC: ANTI-DOPING RULES PROCEDURES & VIOLATIONS AT THE ATHENS 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES
- ↑ "Doping cases at the Athens Games – Olympic news- nbcsports.msnbc.com". MSNBC. 2004-08-29. Archived from the original on 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
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