Lajos Virág
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| Nationality |
 Hungary | ||||||||||||
| Born |
27 June 1977 Eger, Hungary | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||
| Club | Vasas Budapest | ||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jeno Bódi | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lajos Virág (born June 27, 1977 in Eger) is an amateur Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's heavyweight category.[1] He won the silver medal for his division at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, losing out to Turkey's Hamza Yerlikaya.[2]
Virag made his official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed second in the preliminary pool of the men's 96 kg class, against Cuba's Ernesto Peña and United States' Garrett Lowney.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Virag lost the second preliminary match of the 96 kg class to another American wrestler Adam Wheeler, who eventually won the bronze medal in this event.[3]
References
- ↑ "Lajos Virág". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ Abbott, Gary (2 October 2005). "Nazarian, Yerlikaya, Lopez win World wrestling titles; Host Hungary wins team title over Russia in Greco-Roman". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "Men's Greco-Roman 96kg (211.5 lbs) Round of 16 Final Official". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
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