Peter Pecha

Peter Pecha (born 16 November 1975) is a retired amateur Slovak freestyle wrestler who competed in the men's heavyweight category.

[1] He represented his country Slovakia at two Olympic Games (2000 and 2004) and achieved a top five finish in the 130-kg division at the 2000 European Wrestling Championships in Budapest.

Throughout his sporting career, Pecha trained as part of the freestyle wrestling team for AŠK Dukla Trenčín, under his long-time coach and mentor Petr Hirjak.

[2] Pecha made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's super heavyweight division (130 kg).

[5][6][7] Pecha could not beat China's Wang Yuanyuan into the ring on his opening duel, but managed to redeem himself by eclipsing the host nation's Alexandros Laliotis in his second match.