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{{short description|Hungarian hammer thrower}}
{{eastern name order|Gécsek Tibor}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| nationality      = {{HUN}}
| name             = Tibor Gécsek
| fullname         = 
| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|22 September 1964}}
| birth_place      = [[Szentgotthárd]], [[Hungary]]
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| headercolor      = lightsteelblue
| country          = {{HUN}}
| height           = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight           = {{convert|107|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| sport            = Men's [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event            = Hammer throw
| pb               = 83.68 m (1998)
| medaltemplates   = 
{{Medal|Competition | [[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]] | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|Hammer]] }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]] | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|Hammer]] }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1998 European Athletics Championships|1998 Budapest]] | [[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw|Hammer]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[1990 European Athletics Championships|1990 Split]] | [[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw|Hammer]] }}
}}

'''Tibor Gécsek''' (born 22 September 1964 in [[Szentgotthárd]]) is a retired male [[hammer throw]]er from [[Hungary]]. Gécsek is of [[Hungarian Slovenes|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 Athletics Championships|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 10 November 2002.

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|nation=HUN}}
|-
| 1987
| [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
| [[Rome]], Italy
| 7th
| 77.56 m
|-
| 1988
| [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| [[Seoul]], South Korea
| 6th
| 78.36 m
|-
| 1990
| [[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
| [[Split (city)|Split]], Yugoslavia
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
| [[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw|80.14 m]]
|-
| 1991
| [[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
| [[Tokyo]], Japan
| 4th
| 78.98 m
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1992
| [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|Olympic Games]]
| [[Barcelona]], Spain
| 4th
| 77.78 m
|-
| [[1992 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]]
| [[Havana]], Cuba
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| [[1992 IAAF World Cup – Results|80.44 m]]
|-
| 1993
| [[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
| [[Stuttgart]], Germany
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 79.54 m
|-
| 1994
| [[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
| [[Helsinki]], Finland
| 5th
| [[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw|77.62 m]]
|-
| 1995
| [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
| [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 80.98 m
|-
| 1998
| [[1998 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
| [[Budapest]], Hungary
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| [[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw|'''82.87 m''']]
|-
| [[1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1999]]
| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
| [[Seville]], Spain
| 4th
| 78.95 m
|-
| 2000
| [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|Olympic Games]]
| [[Sydney]], Australia
| 7th
| 77.70 m
|-
| 2002
| [[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw|European Championships]]
| [[Munich]], Germany
| 6th
| 79.25 m
|}

==Awards==
* [[Hungarian Athlete of the Year]] (5): 1988, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000

==See also==
* [[List of doping cases in athletics]]

==References==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|ge/tibor-gecsek-1}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|tibor-gecsek|Tibor Gecsek}}

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{{succession box
| before = [[Botond Storcz]]
| title = [[Hungarian Sportsman of The Year]]
| years = 1998
| after = [[Gábor Balogh]]
}}
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{{Japan Championships in Athletics men's hammer throw champions}}
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[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Szentgotthárd]]
[[Category:Hungarian male hammer throwers]]
[[Category:Olympic male hammer throwers]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Hungary]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Hungary]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners]]
[[Category:Hungarian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Hungarian sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:Doping cases in athletics]]
[[Category:Hungarian Slovenes]]
[[Category:Athletes from Vas County]]
[[Category:20th-century Hungarian sportsmen]]


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