Henrik Kalocsai (; 28 November 1940 – 22 May 2012) was a

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athlete who specialized in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down t ...

and

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

. He won the gold medal at the

1965 Summer Universiade The 1965 Summer Universiade, also known as the IV Summer Universiade, took place in Budapest, Hungary. Sports at the 1965 Summer Universiade * Athletics * Basketball * Diving * Fencing * Gymnastics * Swimming * Tennis * Volleyball * Water polo M ...

, the bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships and the silver medal at the

1967 European Indoor Games The 1967 European Indoor Games were held at Sportovní hala, Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic) from 11 March to 12 March 1967. The track used for the championships was 150 metres long. Medal summary Men Women Medal table ...

. He became the Hungarian triple jump champion in 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1973, rivalling with Drágán Ivanov,

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and Gábor Katona. In the long jump he finished sixth at the 1970 European Indoor Championships. He became Hungarian long jump champion in every year from 1960 to 1971, except for 1964 and 1968 when Béla Margitics won. He also became indoor champion in 1974.

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1940 births 2012 deaths Hungarian male long jumpers Hungarian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary Athletes from Budapest Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade 20th-century Hungarian people 21st-century Hungarian people Hungarian Athletics Championships winners {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub