Péter Farkas
Péter Farkas (born August 14, 1968) is a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 1992 Barcelona | Middleweight |
World Championships | ||
![]() | 1990 Ostia | Middleweight |
![]() | 1991 Varna | Middleweight |
European Championships | ||
![]() | 1991 Aschaffenburg | Middleweight |
![]() | 1996 Budapest | Middleweight |
Olympics
Farkas competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the middleweight class.[1]
Criminal conviction
On December 10, 2009 he was convicted in absentia to seven years imprisonment for growing marijuana. He was thought to be hiding in Thailand on counterfeit documents.[2] He was arrested on December 26 in Andorra.[3] He was sentenced to 7 years in prison. He was released in August 2014.[4]
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References
- "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 2, 2008)
- Marijuana-growing Olympic champion sentenced to seven years in prison Archived 2009-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- http://index.hu/bulvar/2010/01/03/farkas_peter_tulsagosan_elbizta_magat/
- http://hvg.hu/itthon/20140822_Ma_unnepli_szabadulasat_Farkas_Peter
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