Gyula Kate ( Hungarian Gyula Káté ; February 3, 1982 , Budapest ) - Hungarian light and first welterweight boxer , played for the Hungarian national team from 2002 to 2012. Participant of the three summer Olympic Games, repeated winner of the European and World Championships, winner of many international tournaments and national championships.
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| Citizenship |  Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | February 3, 1982 (aged 37) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Budapest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight category | 1st welterweight (64 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 177 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | MTK Budapest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Gyula Kate was born on February 3, 1982 in Budapest . He achieved his first serious success in the ring at the age of seventeen, when he took third place in the European Junior Championship. In 2000, he won the youth world championship and from that moment began to fall into the main team of the adult national team of Hungary. The following season he made his debut at the adult world championship, but was defeated in his first match at the tournament. At the 2002 European Championships in Perm, in the opening match, he lost to Russian Alexander Maletin , who eventually became the champion. Nevertheless, in 2003, Katya still got on the podium of a major international tournament - in lightweight, he won a bronze medal at the world championship in Bangkok (in the semifinal he lost to Olympic champion Mario Kindelan ). A year later, he received bronze at the European Championships, won the world championships among students and, thanks to a series of successful performances, was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . At the Olympics, he dropped out of the fight for medals after the first stage.
In 2005, Katya climbed into the welterweight category, won the European Union Championship, and to no avail went to the World Championships in Mianyang. The following year he was again the best at the EU championship, won a bronze medal at the European Championship in Plovdiv (he lost to the Russian boxer Oleg Komissarov in the semifinal). In 2007, after a bronze medal at the European Championship, he participated in the World Championship in Chicago - he was knocked out of the fight by Gennady Kovalev already in the early stages of the tournament. In 2008, he continued to perform at the highest level, won the silver of the European Championship, became the vice-champion of the European Championship in Liverpool and attended the Beijing Olympics , where he lost again in the opening match.
At the 2009 World Championships in Milan, Gyula Kate replenished the medal collection with one more bronze medal, and in 2010 he added a silver medal to the European Championship in his track record. Remaining the leader of the welterweight team, he qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London - in the second match with a score of 14:20 he lost to the Italian Vincenzo Manjacapre . Soon after these competitions, Kate decided to leave the ring and switched to coaching. He graduated from the University of Physical Culture, in Hungary he was recognized as the Boxer of the Year four times (2003, 2006, 2008, 2009) [1] [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Káté Gyula a legjobb 16 közé jutott (Hungarian) . olimpiahirek.hu (July 31, 2012). Date of treatment August 1, 2012.
- ↑ Káté berágott, nem indul több olimpián (Hungarian) . hvg.hu (August 4, 2012). Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived on September 4, 2013.
- ↑ Itt a vége: Káté Gyula nem csak az olimpiától vonul vissza (Hungarian) . hvg.hu (August 22, 2012). Date of treatment August 22, 2012. Archived on September 4, 2013.
Links
- Gyula Kate - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com