Garry Kallos

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]

Garry Kallos
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1956-03-05) 5 March 1956
Budapest, Hungary
Home townMontreal, Canada
Alma materConcordia 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

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 1979-81, he won Canada's national freestyle championship.[5] In addition, from 1979-83, 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
  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. "Gary Kallos". olympic.ca.
  4. Kim Warren (2016). Remembering the War Years and After
  5. "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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