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'''Erik Torba''' (born 1 February 1996) is a Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a silver medalist at the European Games and a bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

== Career ==

Torba competed in the men's 59&nbsp;kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia and the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France.<ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf|title=2017 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215230213/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="uww_world_wrestling_world_championships_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf|title=2017 World Wrestling Championships|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> At the beginning of 2018, United World Wrestling implemented changes to the weight classes used in wrestling and in that year he began competing in the 60&nbsp;kg and 63&nbsp;kg weight classes.<ref name="new_weight_categories">{{Cite news|date=25 August 2017|title=New Weight Categories, 2018 Host Cities Among Wrestling's Bureau Announcements|work=United World Wrestling|url=https://uww.org/article/new-weight-categories-2018-host-cities-among-wrestlings-bureau-announcements|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> He competed in the men's 60&nbsp;kg event both at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships in Kaspiysk, Russia and the 2018 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_2018">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/results_04_kaspiisk.pdf|title=2018 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412211223/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/results_04_kaspiisk.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2018">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|title=2018 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|archive-date=14 April 2020|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>

Torba represented Hungary at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus and he won the silver medal in the 60 kg event.<ref name="langride_and_ellis_european_games_2019">{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081406/langride-and-ellis-lift-european-games-badminton-mens-doubles-title-as-british-players-enjoy-successful-day|title=Langride and Ellis lift European Games badminton men's doubles title as British players enjoy successful day|date=29 June 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="uww_european_games_2019">{{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}}</ref> In the final, he lost against Stepan Maryanyan of Russia.<ref name="uww_european_games_2019"/> He also competed in the 60 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2019">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|title=2019 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref>

In 2020, Torba won one of the bronze medals in the 63 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.<ref name="teenager_nazaryan_wins_gold_2020">{{Cite news|last=Houston|first=Michael|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090423/nazaryan-bulgaria-european-wrestling|title=Teenager Nazaryan wins Greco-Roman gold on day two of European Wrestling Championships|date=11 February 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="uww_european_championships_results_2020">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|title=2020 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> In that same year, he also won the silver medal in the 63 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="russia_win_four_more_titles_gr_dominance_world_cup_2020">{{Cite news|last=Iveson|first=Ali|date=14 December 2020|title=Russia win four more titles as Greco-Roman dominance continues at UWW Individual World Cup|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102019/wrestling-individual-world-cup-d3|url-status=live|access-date=16 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214233219/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102019/wrestling-individual-world-cup-d3|archive-date=14 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="uww_individual_world_cup_results_book_2020">{{Cite web|title=2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|archive-date=18 December 2020|access-date=18 December 2020|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>

In March 2021, Torba competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> He won his first two matches and he was then unable to qualify as he lost his match in the semi-finals against Kerem Kamal of Turkey.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021"/>

In 2022, Torba won one of the bronze medals in the 63&nbsp;kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.<ref name="dan_kolov_nikola_petrov_tournament_results_book_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-02/results_02_veliko_tarnovo.pdf?VersionId=RLQJ3tFveNdhoBRrAa_YmxBjhap46i5S |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313052955/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-02/results_02_veliko_tarnovo.pdf?VersionId=RLQJ3tFveNdhoBRrAa_YmxBjhap46i5S |archive-date=13 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> He lost his bronze medal match in the 60 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="turkish_wrestlers_earn_titles_european_championships_2022">{{Cite news |last=Pavitt |first=Michael |date=3 April 2022 |title=Turkish wrestlers earn Greco-Roman titles as European Championships conclude |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121426/turkey-greco-roman-european-championship |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="results_book_european_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> A few months later, he competed at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.<ref name="results_book_matteo_pellicone_ranking_series_2022">{{Cite web |title=Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-date=25 June 2022 |access-date=25 June 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>

== Achievements ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Year !Tournament !Venue !Result !Event |- |2019 |European Games |Minsk, Belarus |align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Greco-Roman 60{{nbsp}}kg |- |2020 |European Championships |Rome, Italy |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Greco-Roman 63{{nbsp}}kg |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Torba, Erik}} Category:Living people Category:1996 births Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Hungarian male sport wrestlers Category:Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2019 European Games Category:European Games silver medalists for Hungary Category:European Games medalists in wrestling Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists Category:21st-century Hungarian sportsmen