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Garry Kallos
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1956-03-05) 5 March 1956 (age 70)
Budapest, Hungary
Home townMontreal, Canada
EducationConcordia University (Bachelor of Applied Science '80)
Sport
Country Canada
SportWrestling, sambo
Coached byVictor Zilberman[1]
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1983 CaracasSambo
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place1977 IsraelWrestling
Gold medal – first place1981 IsraelWrestling
Gold medal – first place1985 IsraelWrestling

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]

Biography

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Kallos 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

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  1. ↑ "Infolettre – Juillet 2020 – FLOQ".
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 "Gary Kallos". olympic.ca.
  4. ↑ Kim Warren (2016). Remembering the War Years and After
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "New Stars in the Hall of Fame". Concordia's Thursday Report. 9 May 2002.
  6. ↑ "Sports Scene". The Canadian Jewish News. 8 March 1984. p. 42.
  7. ↑ "Greco-Roman wrestling," Olympics.com.
  8. ↑ "August 13, 1981, page 6". The Canadian Jewish News.
  9. ↑ Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum (2007). "Volume 19". Encyclopaedia Judaica.
  10. ↑ Shel Wallman (29 August 1984). "Sports". Jewish Post.
  11. ↑ Paul Lungen and David Lazarus (29 July 1993). "Canadian Athletes Capture Medals at Maccabiah". The Canadian Jewish News. p. 4.
  12. ↑ "1993 Team Canada Delegation," Maccabi Canada.
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