Tibor Gécsek

Tibor Gécsek
Personal information
Nationality	Hungary
Born	September 22, 1964 (age 60); Szentgotthárd, Hungary
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	107 kg (236 lb)
Sport
Country	Hungary
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	83.68 m (1998)
	Men’s Athletics
	Representing Hungary
World Championships
European Championships

Tibor Gécsek (born September 22, 1964 in Szentgotthárd) is a retired male hammer thrower from Hungary. Gécsek is of Hungarian Slovenian descent.

He won two consecutive World Championships bronze medals in 1993 and 1995. Later that year he received a four-year ban by the IAAF for a positive drugs test. The next year, however, IAAF shortened the maximum ban to two years. Gécsek was therefore reinstated after two years. His personal best throw was 81.68 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Szombathely, until he threw 82.87 metres to win the 1998 European Championships. This achievement earned him the title 1998 Hungarian Sportsman of the Year. Later that year he threw 83.68 metres in Zalaegerszeg to record his ultimate career best.

Gécsek was elected Vice President of the Hungarian Athletic Federation on November 10, 2002.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	7th	77.56 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	6th	78.36 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	2nd	80.14 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	4th	78.98 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	4th	77.78 m
1992	IAAF World Cup	Havana, Cuba	1st	80.44 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	79.54 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	77.62 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	80.98 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	82.87 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	78.95 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	7th	77.70 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th	79.25 m