Garry Kallos (born 5 March 1956) is a Canadian former wrestler who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and won five gold medals at the Maccabiah Games in Israel, and sambo competitor who won a gold medal at the Pan American Games.[2]
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 March 1956 Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Montreal, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Concordia University (Bachelor of Applied Science '80) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling, sambo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Victor Zilberman[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editKallos was born in Budapest, Hungary, and resides in Montreal, Canada.[3] His parents were Holocaust survivors.[4]
He attended Concordia University (Bachelor of Applied Science '80).[5] Kallos competed in the 95+ kilo weight class at the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union championships, where he won the gold medal in 1978 and 1984.[5][6] He was named to the Concordia University Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.[5]
From 1979 to 1981, he won Canada's national freestyle championship.[5] In addition, from 1979 to 1983, he was national Greco-Roman champion.[5]
He won a gold medal for Canada at 90 kg in Sambo at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela.[5]
Kallos finished in 10th place in the light-heavyweight category in Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[5][7] He also qualified to represent Canada in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, in both Greco Roman and Freestyle.[3]
Kallos is Jewish, and won five gold medals and a silver at the Maccabiah Games in Israel (1977 Maccabiah Games, 1981 Maccabiah Games (two gold medals), and 1985 Maccabiah Games).[8][9][10][5] He was the Team Canada coach at the Maccabiah Games in 1993 and 1997.[11][5][12]
References
edit- ^ "Infolettre – Juillet 2020 – FLOQ".
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Garry Kallos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Gary Kallos". olympic.ca.
- ^ Kim Warren (2016). Remembering the War Years and After
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "New Stars in the Hall of Fame". Concordia's Thursday Report. 9 May 2002.
- ^ "Sports Scene". The Canadian Jewish News. 8 March 1984. p. 42.
- ^ "Greco-Roman wrestling," Olympics.com.
- ^ "August 13, 1981, page 6". The Canadian Jewish News.
- ^ Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum (2007). "Volume 19". Encyclopaedia Judaica.
- ^ Shel Wallman (29 August 1984). "Sports". Jewish Post.
- ^ Paul Lungen and David Lazarus (29 July 1993). "Canadian Athletes Capture Medals at Maccabiah". The Canadian Jewish News. p. 4.
- ^ "1993 Team Canada Delegation," Maccabi Canada.
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