Gergely Kulcsár
Gergely Kulcsár [ gɛrgɛj ' kulʧa ː r] ( born March 10, 1934) is a Hungarian athlete who counted in the 1960's the world's best in the javelin. He successfully participated in four Olympic Games and five European championships.
Career
He has won numerous national championships (title before 1960 not used):
His first international appearance was the
- European Championships 1958 in Stockholm, where he Janusz sídlo ( gold with 80.18 meters ) and the Norwegian Egil Danielsen ( silver with 78.27 meters ) won the bronze medal behind the poles. Two years later, at the
- Summer Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 he was able to repeat this success: After he had thrown in qualifying 79,70 m, which would have meant 2nd place him in the final round scored a throw of 78.57 meters, of him behind Viktor Zybulenko from the USSR ( gold with 84.64 meters ) and Walter Krüger from the GDR ( silver with 79.36 meters ) earned his second bronze medal. Less well it ran for him at the
- European Championships 1962 in Belgrade. Here he came up with 76.89 m in 5th place ( victories width of the Latvian Jānis Lūsis: 82,04 m). Two years later, at the
- XOlympischen Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, however, it went uphill again: With the silver medal for his best distance of 82.32 meters behind the victorious with 82.66 m Finns Pauli Nevala he scored his best international placement and also defeated European Champion Jānis Lūsis, the 80, 57 m was third. How close he was Nevala inferior, shows the following comparison of the best three litters of both athletes: Nevala: 82,66 - 78.39 to 76.42 Kulcsár: 82,32 - 78.28 to 77.28
- At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 he was able to displace with a capacity of 80.54 m Nevala to 18 cm in 4th place and secure a bronze medal again but was defeated by Lusis ( gold with 84.84 m) and Poland Władysław Nikiciuk (Silver with 81.76 m). His last medal he won at the
- Summer Olympics 1968 in Mexico City, where he only Jānis Lūsis ( gold with 90.10 meters ) and the Finn Jorma Kinnunen ( silver with 88.58 meters ) had to defer them with exquisite 87,06 m and its fourth bronze medal after was allowed to take home.
From now on, the power curve of the now 35 -year-old went back understandably. In 1969, he threw 83.30 meters, although good, was at this performance at the
- European Championships in 1969 but did not quite match in Athens and was 81.14 m Fourth ( victories width of Jānis Lūsis: 91,52 m).
Also at the European Championships 1971 in Helsinki and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he took part, but failed already in qualifying and ended up in 15th place ( 76.48 m ) or 14 ( 77.24 m).
Power development