| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men'sGreco-Roman wrestling | ||
Representing Hungary | ||
Olympic Games | ||
 | 1992 Barcelona | Middleweight |
| World Championships | ||
| 1990 Ostia | Middleweight |
| 1991 Varna | Middleweight |
| European Championships | ||
| 1991 Aschaffenburg | Middleweight |
 | 1996 Budapest | Middleweight |
Péter Farkas (born 14 August 1968) is aHungarianwrestler and Olympic champion inGreco-Roman wrestling.
Farkas competed at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona where he received a gold medal inGreco-Roman wrestling, the middleweight class.[1]
On 10 December 2009 he was convictedin absentia to seven years imprisonment for growingmarijuana. At the time of the bust in 2004, his was the largest operation ever recorded in the country.[2] He was thought to be hiding inThailand on counterfeit documents,[3] but was ultimately arrested inAndorra.[4] He was sentenced to 7 years in prison. He was released in August 2014.[5]
Stemming from his case, the rules of Hungarian Olympic medalists' lifetime annuity were changed to require keeping a clean criminal record, and Farkas was stripped of his.[6]
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