Mate Nemeš

Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler

Mate Nemeš
Personal information
Born (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 (age 30)
Senta, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Sport
CountrySerbia
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class67 kg
EventGreco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Serbia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Belgrade 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nur-Sultan 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade 67 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Warsaw 67 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 67 kg
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan 67 kg

Mate Nemeš (Serbian Cyrillic: Мате Немеш, Hungarian: Nemes Máté; born 21 July 1993) is a Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

Nemeš won one of the bronze medals in the 67 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[1] In the same year, he also represented Serbia at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus and he won one of the bronze medals in the 67 kg event.[2]

At the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China, Nemeš also won one of the bronze medals in the 67 kg event.[3]

Nemeš competed in the 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4] He was eliminated in his first match by Frank Stäbler of Germany.[4] Stäbler went on to win one of the bronze medals.[4]

Personal life

He is a member of the Hungarian community in Serbia.[5] His twin brother Viktor Nemeš is a fellow wrestler and world champion.

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 European Games Minsk, Belarus 3rd Greco-Roman 67 kg
World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 3rd Greco-Roman 67 kg
Military World Games Wuhan, China 3rd Greco-Roman 67 kg
2021 European Championships Warsaw, Poland 1st Greco-Roman 67 kg
2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Greco-Roman 67 kg
2023 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Greco-Roman 67 kg

References

  1. ^ "Results book" (PDF). 2019 World Wrestling Championships. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Results book" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ^ https://www.magyarszo.rs/hu/4678/olimpia_2020/247101/A-szerbiai-olimpiai-csapat-toki%C3%B3i-olimpia-olimpia-olimpiai-j%C3%A1t%C3%A9kok.htm The Serbian Olympic team

External links

  • Mate Nemeš at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link) Edit this at Wikidata
  • Mate Nemeš at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
  • Mate Nemeš at Olympics.com
  • Mate Nemeš at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
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World Champions in Greco-Roman lightweight (67 kg)
  • 1905: 68 kg
  • 1907: 75 kg
  • 1910: 60 kg
  • 1911: 67 kg
  • 1913–1922: 67.5 kg
  • 1950–1961: 67 kg
  • 1962–1967: 70 kg
  • 1969–1995: 68 kg
  • 1997–2001: 69 kg
  • 2002–2017: 66 kg
  • 2018–present: 67 kg