Stephan Hegyi (born 25 July 1998)[2] is an Austrian judoka.

Stephan Hegyi
Stephan Hegyi in 2018 (in first place)
Personal information
Born (1998-07-25) 25 July 1998 (age 25)
Vienna, Austria
OccupationJudoka
Websitestephanhegyi.com Edit this at Wikidata
Sport
Country Austria
SportJudo
Weight class+100 kg
Rank     1st dan black belt[1]
ClubBudoclub Wien
Hakoah Vienna
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2020)
World Champ.R16 (2017, 2021)
European Champ.Bronze (2018, 2019)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Austria
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Mixed team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tel Aviv +100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Antalya +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tel Aviv +100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2017 Zagreb +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Budapest +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tashkent +100 kg
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Győr +100 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Zagreb +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Nassau +100 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Maribor +100 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Sarajevo +90 kg
European Cadet Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Athens +90 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF20087
JudoInside.com87496
Updated on 20 February 2022.

Career edit

Hegyi began his career at Budoclub Wien. He followed Peter Seisenbacher to Hakoah Vienna, who was hired as a coach in 2014.[3] He is currently the club's most successful judoka.[4]

In 2017, he competed in the men's +100 kg and men's team events at the European Judo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. In that same year, he also competed in the men's +100 kg event at the 2017 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's +100 kg event at the European U23 Judo Championships held in Győr, Hungary.

In 2020, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's +100 kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.[5][6] In 2021, he competed in the men's +100 kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[7] He also competed in the men's +100 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary where he was eliminated in his second match by Iakiv Khammo of Ukraine.

In 2021, Hegyi competed in the men's +100 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where he was eliminated in his first match by eventual bronze medalist Teddy Riner of France.[8]

He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.

References edit

  1. ^ "Judoka". European Judo Union. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Stephan Hegyi". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Menschen im Judo – Judo-Landesverband Wien". Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Hakoah" (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ Browne, Ken (22 November 2020). "French women fantastique, Russia on a roll on final day at European Judo Championships in Prague". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Results". 2020 European Judo Championships. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  7. ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

External links edit

  Media related to Stephan Hegyi at Wikimedia Commons