Garry Kallos
Canadian wrestler (born 1956)
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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] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
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]
