| Dávid Losonczi | |
| Birth Date: | 2000 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Hungary |
| Height: | 1.8m (05.9feet) |
| Weight: | 87kg (192lb) |
| Father: | --> |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Sport: | Amateur wrestling |
| Weight Class: | 87 kg |
| Event: | Greco-Roman |
Dávid Losonczi (born 1 July 2000)[1] is a Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 87 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[2]
Losonczi competed in the 2021 World Wrestling Championships for athletes under 23 years of age. He won the silver medal in the men's Greco-Roman 87 kg event after losing to Aleksandr Komarov in the finals.[3]
He represented Hungary at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, again competing in the 87 kg class. He reached the semi-final stage, in which he lost to Zurab Datunashvili,[4] and subsequently won the bronze match against Alex Bjurberg Kessidis.[5] [6]
He won the silver medal at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, losing 8-7 to his Turkish rival Ali Cengiz in the men's Greco-Roman style 87 kilo final match. On 15 November 2023, the United World Wrestling recognized that a serious refereeing mistake had been committed which changed the outcome of this bout. Therefore, the UWW declared both wrestlers as the winners of the contest and award a gold medal to Dávid Losonczi.[7] Dávid Losonczi defeated Kyrgyz Azat Salidinov 8-0 with a technical superiority in the second round, Azerbaijan's Islam Abbasov 8-0 with a technical superiority in the third round, and in the quarter-finals he defeated Belarusian Kiril Maskevic 6-1, who participated as an independent individual athlete, to reach the semi-finals. In the semi-final, he defeated Semen Novikov of Bulgaria with 10-0 technical superiority and reached the final.[8]
He represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[9] He lost his bronze medal match in the 87kg event at the Olympics.[1]