Dániel Ligeti

Dániel Ligeti
Personal information
Nationality Hungary
Born 31 July 1989
Szombathely, Hungary
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in)
Weight 115 kg (254 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Style Freestyle
Club Haladás VSE
Coach István Gulyás
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Hungary
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Belgrade 120 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Dortmund 120 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Vantaa 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Zagreb 125 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Makhachkala 120 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Istanbul 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Istanbul 125 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Russe 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Russe 125 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2016 Madrid 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Warsaw 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yakutsk 125 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tbilisi 125 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Warsaw 125 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Paris 125 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kiev 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Rome 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Zagreb 125 kg
World University Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Torino 120 kg
European Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Kosice 96 kg

Dániel Ligeti (born July 31, 1989 in Szombathely) is an amateur Hungarian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category. He won the bronze medal for his division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, and silver at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Ligeti stands 1.92 metres (6 ft 3.5 in) tall and weighs 115 kilograms (254 lb). He is also currently a member of TuS Adelhausen in Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and is coached by Istvan Gulyas from the national wrestling team.

Ligeti represented Hungary at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the 120 kg class in men's freestyle wrestling. He received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out to Belarus' Aleksey Shemarov, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Ligeti with a single point.

He competed at the 2016 Olympics, beating Florian Temengil to reach the quarter finals where he lost to Levan Berianidze. In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. He also won one of the bronze medals in the 125 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He competed in the 125 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.