Peter Pecha

Olympic wrestler

Born

16 November 1975, Bratislava

Citizenship

Slovakia

Sport

amateur wrestling

Occupation

amateur wrestler

Height

179 cm (5 ft 10 in)

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

Pecha made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's super heavyweight division (130 kg). He lost his opening bout against Germany's Sven Thiele with a technical superiority, and could not fight for the following match against Russia's David Musulbes, who later took home the Olympic gold in the final, because of a hip injury sustained from the previous match. At the preliminary competition, Pecha finished in third place but sixteenth in overall final rankings; he was severely injured during the Games.

Competitions

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q16971280 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.