Momcsilló Tapavicza

Momcsilló Tapavicza

Momčilo Tapavica or Momcsilló Tapavicza (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Тапавица, born October 14 1872 in Nadalj village near Srbobran – died January 10 1949 in Pula, FPR Yugoslavia) was a Hungarian tennis player, weightlifter, wrestler and architect of Serbian origin. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Tapavicza won a bronze medal in the singles tennis tournament. In the first round, he defeated D. Frangopoulos of Greece. The second round gave him a bye. Dionysios Kasdaglis of Egypt beat Tapavicza in the semifinal, and with no playoff for third place he shared bronze medal honors with the Greek Konstantinos Paspatis.Слика:Matica.jpgTapavicza did not compete in the doubles tournament.

He finished last of the six competitors in the two-handed weightlifting event, now known as the clean and jerk. The weight Tapavicza lifted is unknown, but was less than 90.0 kilograms.

In the wrestling competition, Tapavicza was defeated in the first round by Stephanos Christopoulos. The two were nearly evenly matched, but Tapavicza tired first and conceded.

He participated for Hungary, but was more apparently a Serbian national in 1896, who was studying in Budapest. The first official participation of Serbia was in 1912, this would make Tapavicza to the first (unofficial) competitor from Serbia.


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