We worked a lot for these positions, and it is a special pleasure that it was also a memorable European participation in the team - said Miklós Fekete, the national captain of the Hungarian powerlifting team.
The Hungarian powerlifting team closed the European Championships in Croatia with several medals. According to the sports association, Enahoro Asein, born in Nigeria and competing in Hungarian colors, won the pull-up in the 83-kilogram continental championship held in Velika Gorica, and also won the bronze medal overall.
Among the women, Aletta Rozsnyai-Kovács won European gold in the bench press.
In the 93-kilogram field, Bálint P. Nagy collected a silver medal after finishing second in the bench press. In the same weight group, Tamás Temesvári from Group B fought his way up to seventh overall place by finishing with a national record of 777.5 kilograms.
Kristóf Budai won two event medals in the 120-kilogram category (silver in squatting and bronze in pull-ups) and just missed the overall podium after finishing fourth. Szilárd Bereczki-Király also entered the list of medal winners in the 120-kilogram category, he won a bronze medal in the bench press.
"We worked a lot for these positions, and it is a special pleasure that we had a memorable participation in the European Championships as a team, as the men took sixth place and the women took thirteenth place. These successes give us the impetus to continue. In June, there will be a World Games qualification world championship in Lithuania, we are also preparing for that world competition"
said national team captain Miklós Fekete.
Lóránd Berke, the president of the Hungarian Powerlifting Association, highlighted the progress that has been made in recent years.
"We have felt for some time that the national team is getting better and better in powerlifting, but one world competition is great feedback. Looking at the continental championship behind us, we can be proud of the results"
the president added.
MTI
