Mate Nemeš

{{short description|Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler (born 1993)}}

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{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

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{{Medal|Bronze| 2019 Nur-Sultan | 67 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2023 Belgrade | 67 kg }}

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{{MedalGold| 2021 Warsaw | 67 kg }}

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Mate Nemeš ({{lang-sr-cyr|Мате Немеш}}; {{langx|hu|Nemes Máté}}; born 21 July 1993) is a Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and the European Wrestling Championships. Nemeš represented Serbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

Nemeš won one of the bronze medals in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|title=Results book|website=2019 World Wrestling Championships|access-date=21 February 2020}} In the same year, he also represented Serbia at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus and he won one of the bronze medals in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_06_minsk.pdf|title=2019 European Games Wrestling Results|website=United World Wrestling|access-date=4 April 2020}}

At the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China, Nemeš also won one of the bronze medals in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web|url=https://res1.wuhan2019mwg.cn/WUHAN2019/WRE/PDF/WUHAN2019~2019-10-28~2019-10-28~171604591~DT_PDF~C100~WRE-------------------------------%7E%7E%7E1.0~P~.pdf|title=Results book|website=2019 Military World Games|url-status=dead|access-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117063029/https://res1.wuhan2019mwg.cn/WUHAN2019/WRE/PDF/WUHAN2019~2019-10-28~2019-10-28~171604591~DT_PDF~C100~WRE-------------------------------~~~1.0~P~.pdf|archive-date=17 November 2019}}

Nemeš competed in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Wrestling Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}} He was eliminated in his first match by Frank Stäbler of Germany. Stäbler went on to win one of the bronze medals.

He competed in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}

Personal life

Nemeš is a Vojvodina Hungarian.{{cite news |last=Tóth |first=Tibor |date=2024-07-24 |title=Olimpiai lázban |trans-title=In Olympic fever |url=https://hetnap.rs/cikk/Olimpiai-lazban-48821.html |department=Heti Jegyzet |work=Hét Nap |language=hu |volume=79 |issue=30 |location=Subotica |issn=0352-2717 |access-date=2024-08-07}} His twin brother Viktor is a fellow wrestler and world champion.

Achievements

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rowspan=3 | 2019

|European Games

|Minsk, Belarus

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|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

World Championships

|Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

Military World Games

|Wuhan, China

|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

2021

|European Championships

|Warsaw, Poland

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

2022

|World Championships

|Belgrade, Serbia

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

2023

|World Championships

|Belgrade, Serbia

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|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

References

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