Gergely Kulcsár
Hungarian javelin thrower (1934–2020)
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Born | 10 March 1934 Nagyhalász, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 August 2020(2020-08-12) (aged 86)[1] Vác, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Építők SC, Budapest TFSE, Budapest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gergely Kulcsár (10 March 1934 – 12 August 2020) was a Hungarian javelin thrower. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won two bronze medals, in 1960 and 1968, and a silver medal in 1964.[2] He was the Olympic flag bearer for Hungary in 1964, 1968, and 1972.
Kulcsár was the first Hungarian to throw over 80 meters and won the national title eight times. Between 1975 and 1980 he was the coach of the Hungarian national throwing team. His trainees included Miklós Németh, a 1976 Olympic champion. From 1981 to 1993 he coached the national throwing team of Kuwait.
References
- ^ Gergely Kulcsár's obituary (in Hungarian)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gergely Kulcsár". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009.
External links
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- Gergely Kulcsár at Olympedia
- Gergely Kulcsar at Olympics.com
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Summer Universiade champions in men's javelin throw
- 1959: Hermann Salomon (FRG)
- 1961: Gergely Kulcsár (HUN)
- 1963: Jānis Lūsis (URS)
- 1965: Rolf Herings (FRG)
- 1967: Dave Travis (GBR)
- 1970: Miklós Németh (HUN)
- 1973: Jānis Zirnis (URS)
- 1975: Gheorghe Megelea (ROM)
- 1977: Vasiliy Yershov (URS)
- 1979: Helmut Schreiber (FRG)
- 1981–1983: Dainis Kūla (URS)
- 1985: Dumitru Negoiţă (ROM)
- 1987: Marek Kaleta (URS)
- 1989–1991: Steve Backley (GBR)
- 1993: Louis Fouché (RSA)
- 1995: Zhang Lianbiao (CHN)
- 1997: Marius Corbett (RSA)
- 1999–2001: Ēriks Rags (LAT)
- 2003: Igor Janik (POL)
- 2005: Ainārs Kovals (LAT)
- 2007: Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT)
- 2009: Ainārs Kovals (LAT)
- 2011: Fatih Avan (TUR)
- 2013: Dmitriy Tarabin (RUS)
- 2015: Tanel Laanmäe (EST)
- 2017: Cheng Chao-tsun (TPE)
- 2019: Andrian Mardare (MDA)
- 2021: Edis Matusevičius (LTU)
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