Vid Hidvégi
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The native form of this personal name is Hidvégi Vid. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Vid Hidvégi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈvid ˈhidveːɡi]; born 23 August 1986)[1] is a Hungarian artistic gymnast and pommel horse specialist. A student of the Eszterházy Károly College, he finished runner-up at the 2007 Summer Universiade.[3]
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Full name | Vid Hidvégi | |||||||||||
Country represented | Hungary | |||||||||||
Born | (1986-08-23) August 23, 1986 (age 37) Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
Level | Elite | |||||||||||
Club | KSI | |||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Béla Laufer[2] | |||||||||||
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Hidvégi finished fifth at the 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London. At the Olympics he went to the pommel horse final with the third best result.[4] In the final, however, Hidvégi made a mistake and fell off the horse, thus got only 14.300 points and finished eighth.[5]