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Ferenc Gyurkovics

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Hungarian weightlifter
Ferenc Gyurkovics
Personal information
BornSeptember 3, 1979 (1979-09-03) (age 45)
Pécs, Baranya, Hungary
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place Disqualified 2004 Athens 105 kg

Ferenc Gyurkovics is a Hungarian weightlifter who competed for Hungary. He won the Silver medal in Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg but was disqualified after he tested positive for stanazolol after a dope test.

References

  1. "Ferenc Gyurkovics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. "Silver medallist thrown out". BBC News. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  3. "SUMMER 2004 GAMES: NOTEBOOK; Weight Lifter and Wrestler Are Disqualified for Drug Use". The New York Times. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. "Athletes Who Were Denied Their Olympic Medal Moments Because Others Were Doping". NICOLE HE, K.K. REBECCA LAI and PAUL MURRAY. The New York Times. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.


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