Elemér Somfay (28 August 1898 – 15 May 1979) was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and competed at the

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Career

Somfay competed for a Hungary at the 1924 Olympic Games held in

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, France, in the Pentathlon, where he won the silver medal. The following year Somfay won the British

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title in the triple jump event at the 1925 AAA Championships. Somfay finished third behind Willem Peters at the 1927 AAA Championships. He later competed in the

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at the

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References

1898 births 1979 deaths Hungarian heptathletes Hungarian male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic decathletes Athletes from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub